Ampersand

Album: Who Killed Amanda Palmer? (2008)
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  • I walk down my street at night
    The city lights are strange and violent
    I am comforted by the approaching sounds of trucks and sirens
    Even though the world's so bad
    These men rush out to help the dying
    And though I am no use to them
    I do my part by simply smiling

    The ghetto boys are catcalling me
    As I pull my keys from my pocket
    I wonder if this method of courtship
    Has ever been effective
    Has any girl in history said
    Sure, you seem so nice, let's get it on
    Still, I always shock them when I answer
    Hi my name's Amanda
    And I'm not gonna live my life on one side of an ampersand
    And even if I went with you I'm not the girl you think I am
    And I'm not gonna match you
    'Cause I'll lose my voice completely yeah
    I'm just gonna watch you
    'Cause I'm not the one that's crazy
    Yeah

    I have wasted years of my life
    Agonizing up at the fires
    It started when I thought that to be strong you must be flame retardant
    And now to dress the wounds cause into question
    How authentic they are
    There is always someone criticizing me
    She just likes paying hospital
    Lying in my bed
    I remember what you said
    There's no such thing as accidents

    But you've got the headstone all ready
    All craved up and pretty
    Your sick satisfaction
    Those his and hers matching
    The daisies all push up'n
    Pairs to the horizons
    Your hands full of ketchup
    It's nice that you're trying
    The headstone's all ready
    All carved up and pretty
    Your sick satisfaction
    Those his and hers matching
    The daises all push up'n
    Pairs to the horizons
    Your eyes full of ketchup
    It's nice that you're trying

    And I'm not gonna live my life on one side of an ampersand
    And even if I went with you I'm not the girl you think I am
    And I'm not gonna match you
    'Cause I'll lose my voice completely yeah
    I'm just gonna watch you
    Cause I'm not the one that's crazy
    Yeah
    I'm not the one that's crazy
    Yeah…

    As I wake up to a cough
    The blaze consumed the block
    But poetically stopped at my apartment
    And my housemates are all sleeping soundly
    And nobody deserves to die
    But you were awful adamant
    That if I didn't love you
    Then you have just one alternative

    And I may be romantic
    And I may risk my life for it
    But I ain't gonna die for you
    You know I ain't no Juliet
    And I'm not gonna watch you wanna burn yourself out baby
    No I'm not gonna stop you
    'Cause I'm not the one that's crazy, yeah
    I'm not the one that's crazy, yeah
    I'm not the one that's crazy… Writer/s: Amanda Palmer
    Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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  • Cat from CtI think this is like Girl anachronism, but "her" a few years later.
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