It's complicated   Technically I'm certified   A walking declaration   Of everything I couldn't get right      Time is just an anchor   But 7 years I think I'm right   And now you've changed your number   It's like a noose around my life      Every pill I took in vain   Every meal for you I made   Every penny I put away      Asking for flowers   Is like asking you to be nice   Don't tell me you're too tired   10 years I've been working nights      My life is like a picture left   Out too long in the sun   Now I'm trying to remember   All the faces of the names I've loved      And all that's left to me now   Is a cigarette burning bright   Fading memory of   All the things I tried to get right      Every pill I took in vain   Every meal for you I made   Every plan I tried to make      And asking for flowers   Is like asking you to be nice   Don't tell me you're too tired   10 years I've been working nights      Every pill I took in vain   Every meal for you I made   Every bill I went and paid   Every card I signed my name      Every time I poured my heart out   Every threat you made to move out   Every cruel word you let just slip out   Every cruel word you let just slip out      Asking for flowers   Is like asking you to be nice   Don't tell me you're too tired   10 years I've been working nights      Don't tell me you're too tired   10 years I've been working nights