I Can Do Better Than That (Live) [feat. Anika Noni Rose]

My best friend had a little situation
At the end of our senior year
And like a shot, she and Mitchell got married that summer

Carolann getting bigger every minute
Thinking, "What am I doing here?"
While Mitchell's out every night
Being a heavy metal drummer

They got a little cute house
On a little cute street
With a crucifix on the door
Mitchell got a job at a record store in the mall

Just the typical facts
Of a typical life
In a town on the eastern shore

I thought about what I wanted
It wasn't like that at all
Made Carolann a cute baby sweater thinking
"I can do better than that!"

In a year or so, I moved to the city thinking
"What have I got to lose?"
Got a room, got a cat
And got twenty pounds thinner

Met a guy in a class I was taking
With some really well-placed tattoos
He wouldnt leave me alone
Unless I went with him to dinner

And I guess he was cute
And I guess he was sweet
And I guess he was good in bed
I gave up my life for the better part of a year

And so I'm starting to think
That this maybe might work
And the second it entered my head
He needed to "take some time off"
"Focus on his career"
He blew me off with a heartfelt letter
I thought, "I can do better than that"

You don't have to get a haircut
You don't have to change your shoes
You don't have to like Duran Duran
Just love me

You don't have to put the seat down
You don't have to watch the news
You don't have to learn to tango
You don't have to eat pruiscutto
You don't have to change a thing
Just stay with me

I want you and you
And nothing but you
Miles and piles of you
Finally I will have something worthwhile
To think of each morning
You and you and nothing but you
No substitution will do
Nothing but fresh undiluted and pure
Top of the line
And totally mine

I don't need any lifetime commitment
I don't want to get hitched tonight
I don't want you to throw up
All your walls and defenses
I don't mean to put on any pressure
But I know when a thing is right
And I spend everyday reconfiguring my senses
When we get to my house, take a look at that town
Take a look at how far I've gone
I will never go back
Never go back anymore

And it seems like my life led right to your side
And will keep me there from now on
Think about what you wanted
Think about what could be
Think about how I love you
And say you'll move in with me

Think of what's great about me and you
Think of the bullshit we've both been through
Think of what's past, because
We can do better
We can do better
We can do better than that
We can do better than that!