Imagining America

Still can't believe that you two are now just friends
You've got no lover and he's free at weekends
I know he said when you first met
That you must al...

You seem so young again
I think that's because you're in pain
Don't be so hard on yourself
For God's sake have a cigarette
Have another cigarette
Have...

Lying in bed on a weekday night  listening to the title fight
From a town the radio said  was Atlantic City
The branches brush the windows  the hour i...

Frances keep your mouth shut dear
We don't want the neighbors 'round
With their ugly little schemes
That make the pretty world go 'round
And there's a...

I can tell  by your eyes
That you probably  been crying forever
Ans the star  in the sky  don't mean nothing  to you
They're a miror
*I  don't wanna  ...

I dont want excuses
I dont want your smiles
I dont want to feel like were apart a thousand miles
I dont want your attitude
I dont want your things
But...

I can tell by your eyes that you've prob'bly been cryin' forever
And the stars in the sky don't mean nothin' to you
They're a mirror

I don't want to ...

I wanted everything for a little while
Why shouldnt I
I wanted to know what it was like

I pushed you too far
And you started laying down the law
Till...

Like the beat, beat, beat,
Of the tom-tom;
When the jungle shadows fall,
Like the tick, tick, tock
Of the stately clock,
As it stands against the wall...