How to Talk

Someone taught me how to read
Shapes on paper, alphabet blocks
Piling higher till they reach the ceiling
Till they've lost all meaning

I thought I could spell my way out of anything
I'll go and grab a pencil
Writing lines of gibberish

Someone taught me how to speak
But no one taught me how to talk
How to think of things to say
I don't understand the rules
I'm a child wearing adult clothes
I can't walk down the street
I trip over my feet, oh

Someone taught me how to sing
Notes on paper, that's middle C
I don't like how people have to hear me
My music has no meaning

I thought I could lie my way out of anything
What I had for breakfast
Who I'd be if I had time to reinvent myself

Someone taught me how to speak
But no one taught me how to talk
How to think of things to say
I don't understand the rules
I'm a child wearing adult clothes
I can't walk down the street
I trip over my feet, oh

Someone taught me how to speak
But no one taught me how to talk
How to think of things to say
I don't understand the rules
I'm a child wearing adult clothes
I'm microwaved, reheated
I'm a piece of meat, yeah
I'm a piece of

Please and thank you, how are you
The weather's awful, I like your new shoes
We must do this again sometime,
Good morning, afternoon, oh



Credits
Writer(s): Georgina Mary West
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