My father I failed   You as a man   Can’t keep up with these hours   That the sunny sweaty day hands   My card was never checked in   And I slept through the morning   And most of the afternoon   But who cares because god never calls me   No he never cares for me   And my father I don’t intend to let you down   I’m sorry but these days keep getting longer      Well it’s time, time to get up   Take a shower change your clothes   Make yourself some breakfast   And off to work you go   And take your pills have a cup   Get home and watch TV.   Then read a book and it’s off to dreaming   But too bad its 4 in the morning   And everybody simple is sleeping   And soon my body will show that same fate   But instead I’ll wake up around 6 or 8      I’ll go downstairs get a drink   Sit down at that computer   Paint some words and shy away   While everyone is working   And hate yourself and feel alone   And analyze this   My boy you just need to stop worrying   And yes your friends they all love you   And yes your family well they do too   But nobody’s gonna give you all they should   Or that or this or that or this or this      Well I know this boy   That could sell me vitamins   He says get a glass swallow down and you’ll be happy   Then I’m feeling fine I’m talking much I’m making things work   And this is how I’m supposed to live   And for now I’m watching the TV sets   And I need a glass to save my chest    And my heart is beating so rapidly   That I can’t seem to concentrate on sleep      So here we go another day   To drive off onto Douglass   And grab a cup and lay on grass   And talk to all your fake friends   And sit and stare at the cars fly by   Head feels weak you wonder why   You could never be like them   But that’s the part of the deal my friend   Yes your doctors have been telling you this since you were 10   That nothing would ever be what you wanted   Because you seem to look for too much perfection      Well it’s summertime lets get a girl   And undress and your drunk   We’ll roll around my unmade bed and whisper pillow talk   We’ll speak of names we’ll speak of skins   We’ll even sing a song   About how we are simply in love   But you know she’s never coming my friend   Yes the only girl that will save me   And I’ll never have to write another tune   About this girl she broke my heart   We’re through      So come on mark   Lets drive to San Francisco   Yea yell at cars you’ll tell a joke   And we’ll just be smiling then   How funny it seems that we have been making these words work   Since we were children   Well is guitar really saving us?   Or could it be just coincidence   And i'm glad to know that my only true friend   You’ve got my side when I'm dying      So I'm coming to visit you my brothers   We’ll have a drink and share another and another   And we’ll talk of story girls and future mishaps   And how we will fit into them   And you’ll ask me how are my nephews and nieces   You say they’re doing fine   Do you miss them?   And I'm sorry I haven’t been around that often   But…but..but I swear I swear I swear I’ll make it up      So I'm coming home to see you Gina   We’ll go to Monterey and snap some photos of this day   You’ll tell me that I'm a fool and that I don’t know the truth   Because I don’t believe you   Well maybe this time she can get it right   Or maybe this time she will be right   Or maybe this time I could just say to you   Hey I fucked up and I told her that we’re through      And so come today I’ll be sleeping in my bed   I’ll circle the fan that sits right above my head   And ill try to count as many that go around I guess   Before my eyes go red   And I'll try to keep moving   In the slumber world   Yea that’s where I make up all my beauty there   Like I wish that only simple ignorance   Was tied around my neck   Like a necklace   Like a locket   Like a trinket   Like a poem   Like a song and   Like a girl and   And like a movie script   And like you   And like you   And like you   And like you you you   And you you you   And you   And you   And you