Shut The Door

I can't listen to you anymore
I can't try to understand
Your brush strokes on reality
Melt every clock in my memory
That'll make a woman crazy
Which you've been saying all along
So I can't listen to you anymore
I'll shut my ears, I'll shut the door

You've been out too late again
Slush-mouthed excuses as you stumble in
No, you weren't with her this time
More conjurings of my precious mind
I spend all my days reciting
Evidence that you're still mine
Evening's leashed to desperation
Will you stay home with me this time?

I can't listen to you anymore
I can't try to understand
Your brush strokes on reality
Melt every clock in my memory
And that'll make a woman crazy
Which you've been saying all along
So I can't listen to you anymore
I'll shut my ears, I'll shut the door

I'll send you off, but you'll come back
Say you can't live without my love
Buy me flowers, say you're changed
Back me up slowly to my cage
You'll cry and plead and say you're sorry
All of which I've heard before
My heart's been ripped a thousand ways
And you repair it with scotch tape

I can't listen to you anymore
I can't try to understand
Your brush strokes on reality
Melt every clock in my memory
And that'll make a woman crazy
Which you've been saying all along
I can't listen to you anymore
I'll shut my ears, I'll shut the door

Been through this spin so many times
I have to wonder if I'd recognize
This is the life I've nursed and bred
That knot in my gut's a dear old friend
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