Pinkerton

"Tired of Sex" (3:01)
(R. Cuomo)

I'm tired, so tired
I'm tired of having sex (so tired)
I'm spread so thin, I don't know who I am, oh
Monday night I'm makin' Jen
Tuesday night I'm makin' Lynn
Wednesday night I'm makin' Catherine
Oh, why can't I be makin' love come true
Oh, oh, I'm beat, beet red
Afraid of what I said (what I said)
Oh, I'm sorry, here I go
I know I'm a sinner but I can't say no (say no)
Oh, Thursday night I'm makin' Denise
Friday night I'm makin' Sharise
Saturday night I'm makin' Louise
Oh, why can't I be makin' love come true
Tonight I'm down on my knees
Tonight I'm beggin' you please
Tonight, tonight, please
Oh, why can't I be makin' love come true

"Getchoo" (2:52)
(R. Cuomo)

This is beginnin' to hurt
This is beginnin' to be serious
This used to be a game
Now it's a cryin' shame
'Cause you don't wanna hang around no more
Sometimes I push too hard
Sometimes you fall and skid your knee
I never meant to do
All that I've done to you
Please, baby, say it's not too late to

(Chorus) Getchoo, uh huh
Getchoo, uh huh
Getchoo, uh huh
Getchoo, getchoo, getchoo, uh huh

You know this is breakin' me up
You think that I'm some kind of freak, uh huh
But if you come back to me
Then you will surely see
That I'm just foolin' around
(Repeat Chorus)
I can't believe (I can't believe)
What you've done to me
What you did to them (what you did to them)
You've done to me, oh
(Repeat Chorus)
This is beginnin' to hurt, oh

"No Other One" (3:02)
(R. Cuomo)

My girl's a liar, but I'll stand beside her
She's all I've got and I don't wanna be alone
My girl don't see me when she's with my friends
She's all I've got and I don't wanna be alone

(Chorus) No, there is no other one
No, there is no other one
I can't have any other one
Though I would, now I never could with one

All of the drugs she does scare me real good
She's got a tattoo and two pet snakes
Nobody knows me like her, nobody knows her like me
We're all we've got and we don't wanna be alone
(Repeat Chorus)
Oh, oh
(Repeat Chorus)

"Why Bother?" (2:08)
(R. Cuomo)

I know I should get next to you
You got a look that makes me think you're cool
But it's just sexual attraction
Not somethin' real so I'd rather keep a-whackin'

(Chorus) Why bother, it's gonna hurt me
It's gonna kill when you desert me
This happened to me twice before
It won't happen to me anymore

I've known a lot of girls before
What's the harm in knowin' one more
Maybe we could even get together
Maybe you could break my heart next summer
(Repeat Chorus)
It's a cryin' shame, I'm all alone
Not with you, nor her, nor anyone
Won't you knock me on my head
Crack it open, let me outta here
(Repeat Chorus)
Why bother, it's gonna hurt me

"Across the Sea" (4:32)
(R. Cuomo)

You are 18-year-old girl
Who live in small city of Japan
You heard me on the radio
'Bout one year ago and you wanted to know
All about me, my hobbies
My favorite food and my birthday

(Chorus) Why are you so far away from me
I need help and you're way across the sea
I could never touch you, I think that would be wrong
Oh, I've got your letter, you've got my song

They don't make stationery like this
Where I'm from, so fragile, so refined
So I sniff and I lick your envelope
And fall to little pieces every time
I wonder what clothes you wear to school
I wonder how you decorate your room
I wonder how you touch yourself
And curse myself for being across the sea
(Repeat Chorus)
At ten I shaved my head and tried to be a monk
I thought the older women would like me if I did
You see, ma, I'm a good little boy (good little boy)
It's all your fault, mama, it's all your fault
God damn, this business is really lame
I gotta live on an island to find the juice
So you send me your love from all around the world
As if I could only live on words and dreams and a million screams
Oh, how I need a hand in mine to feel
Why are you so far away from me
Why are you so far away from me
I could never touch you, I think that would be wrong
Oh, I've got your letter, you've got my song

"The Good Life" (4:17)
(R. Cuomo)

When I look in the mirror
I can't believe what I see
Tell me who's that funky dude
Staring back at me
Broken, beaten down
Can't even get around
Without an old man cane
I fall and hit the ground
Shivering in the cold
Bitter and alone
Excuse the bitchin'
I shouldn't complain
I should have no feeling
'Cause feeling is pain
As everything I need is denied me
And everything I want is taken away from me
Who've I got to balme, nobody but me

(Repeat Chorus) And I don't wanna be a lone man anymore
It's been a year or two since I was down on the floor
Shakin' booty, makin' sweet love all the night
It's time I got back to the good life
It's time I got back, it's time I got back

And I don't even know how I got off the track
I wanna go back, yeah

Screw this crap, I've had it (I've had it)
I ain't no Mister Cool
I'm a pig, I'm a dog
So 'scuse me if I drool
I ain't gonna hurt nobody, ain't gonna 'cause a scene
Just need to admit that I want sugar in my tea
Hear me, hear me, I want sugar in my tea
(Repeat Chorus)
I wanna go back, I wanna go back
And I don't even know how I got off the track
It's time I got back, it's time I got back
And I don't even know how I got off the track
I wanna go back, yeah
(Repeat Chorus)
It's time I got back

"El Scorcho" (4:03)
(R. Cuomo)

God damn you half-Japanese girls
Do it to me every time
Oh, the red head said you shred the cello
And I'm Jello, baby
You won't talk, won't look, won't think of me

I'm the epitome of Public Enemy
Why you wanna go and do me like that
Come down on the street and dance with me

(Chorus) I'm a lot like you
So please, hello, I'm here, I'm waiting
I think I'd be good for you
And you'd be good for me

I asked you to go to the Green Day concert
You said you never heard of them
How cool is that
So I went into your room and read your diary
"Watching grunge leg drop new jack through a press table..."
And then my heart stopped
"Listening to Cio Cio San fall in love all over again"
(Repeat Chorus)

How stupid is it
I can't talk about it
I gotta sing about it
And make a record of my heart
How stupid is it
Won't you give me a minute
Just come up to me and say hello
How stupid is it
For all I know you want me, too
And maybe you just don't know what to do
Maybe you're scared to say, "I'm fallin' for you"
I wish I could get my head out of the sand
'Cause I think we'd make a good team
And you would keep my fingernails clean
But that's just a stupid dream
That I won't realize
'Cause I can't even look in your eyes
Without shakin' and I ain't fakin'
I'll bring home the turkey if you bring home the bacon
(Repeat Chorus)

"Pink Triangle" (3:58)
(R. Cuomo)

When I'm stable long enough
I start to look around for love
See a sweet in floral print
My mind begins the arrangements
But when I start to feel that pull
Turns out I just pulled myself
She would never go with me
Were I the last girl on Earth

(Chorus) I'm dumb, she's a lesbian
I thought I had found the one
We were good as married in my mind
But married in my mind's no good
Pink triangle on her sleeve
Let me know the truth, let me know the truth

Might have smoked a few in my time
But never thought it was a crime
Knew the day would surely come
When I'd chill and settle down
When I think a good old-fashioned girl
Then she'd put me in my place
Everyone's a little queer
Can't she be a little straight
(Repeat Chorus)

"Falling For You" (3:47)
(R. Cuomo)

Holy cow, I think I've got one here
Now just what am I supposed to do
I've got a number of irrational fears
That I'd like to share with you
First, there's rules about old goats like me
Hangin' 'round with chicks like you
But I do like you and another one
You say "like" too much

(Chorus) But I'm shaking at your touch
I like you way too much
My baby, I'm afraid I'm falling for you
And I'd do 'bout anything to get the hell out alive
Or maybe I would rather settle down with you

Holy moly, baby, wouldn't you know it
Just as I was bustin' loose
I've gotta go turn in my rock star card
Get fat and old with you
'Cause I'm a burning candle
You're a gentle moth
Teaching me to lick a little bit kinder
And I do like you, you're the lucky one
No, I'm the lucky one
(Repeat Chorus)

Holy sweet god damn, you left your cello in the basement
I admired the glowing stars and tried to play a tune
I can't believe how bad I suck, it's true
What could you possibly see in little ol' three chord me
But I do like you and you like me too
I'm ready, let's do it, baby
(Repeat Chorus)

"Butterfly" (2:53)
(R. Cuomo)

Yesterday I went outside with my mama's mason jar
Caught a lovely butterfly
When I woke up today, looked in on my fairy pet
She had withered all away
No more sighing in her breast

(Chorus) I'm sorry for what I did
I did what my body told me to
I didn't mean to do you harm
Every time I pin down what I think I want it slips away
The ghost slips away

Smell you on my hand for days
I can't wash away your scent
If I'm a dog then you're a bitch
I guess you're as real as me
Maybe I can live with that
Maybe I need fantasy
Life of chasing butterfly
(Repeat Chorus)
I told you I would return when the robin makes his nest
But I ain't never coming back
I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry

All songs c. 1996 E.O. Smith Music