could you speak up? i can't hear a word you're saying   just call when you get home   so you drank and he drove   you've got more excuses than a hospital's got patients   and i'm losing my patience with you      could you breathe in, burn it down   until the filter's all that you have left   he pulled up your dress...   you've got more excuses than a hospital's got patients   and i'm losing my patience with you      the phone is on the counter and it's 3 A.M.   and i'm driving past his house so i can call you again   and i'm looking through his window and i see you there   sitting around in that guilt you wear      so come on, you're only pretty when you want something   you're only pretty when you're leaving me   and right now you're beautiful      so she walks into our one bedroom apartment   why didn't you come home?   she says leave her alone   she said i give her headaches   cuz she's drinking with the friends anyway   what the fuck is it to you?      could ya speak up? tell me what the fuck you're doing   sleeping in his bed, taking off your dress   i know everything, sweetie you don't have to say a thing   sweetie you don't have to say a thing      she's sleeping at her mother's and it's been five days   my father says the greek women never changed   i'm looking through your window and i see you there   sitting around in your underwear      so come on, you're only pretty when you want something   you're only pretty when you're leaving me   and right now you're beautiful   right now you're beautiful      sometimes our lives get written up in chalk   and the rain comes to wash them all away   sometimes our lives get written up in chalk   and the rain comes to wash them all away      so come on, you're only pretty when you want something   you're only pretty when you're leaving me   and right now you're beautiful   right now she is beautiful