if you asked me to change my shape   the best that i could do is shave my face and put on weight   oh now, if you asked me to change my place   the best that i could do is send you calls from another state   oh i'm ripe for the picking a fight the air is thick and heavy   and there it sits for the taking an open invitation   you declined so now, yeah now i guess you're free on your own      you're quick to watch from your window as you wait for the clouds that stand above me to open up and spit out rain   yeah, you're quick to ask for the food on my plate, can't you see i'm starving and i haven't slept for days   oh i'm ripe for the picking a fight the air is thick and heavy   and there it sits for the taking an open invitation   you declined so now, yeah now i guess you're free on your own      and never once was victory the word of the day   never did i let the plans drawn up disintegrate   there are tracks to be laid if there's motion to be made   and you should know   i'm not afraid to take the map and walk away   if you asked me to call out your name - it wouldn't do much good next to the sound of a running train       oh now, if i asked you to call out my name, wouldn't do much good next to the sound of a wrecking train   oh i'm ripe for the picking a fight the air is thick and heavy   and there it sits for the taking an open invitation   you declined so now, yeah now i guess you're free on your own