If I’m lucky, if I do it right
No one can watch
No one should see
That would just debase it
And make me realize where I am
I don’t know or care who or where I am
No pretty hooker will fall in love with me
But I like my friends
Most of my family
I need to horrify them
To end this misery
This isn’t old time rock and roll
This goes back so much farther than that
Any music will do
So long as I don’t think twice about you
If I’m lucky, if I do it right
No one can watch
No one should see
That would just debase it
And make me realize where I am
I don’t know or care who or where I am
I want them to want me
To be just who I am
But that’s the thing about your loved ones
They are not supposed to understand
This is about this very second
This is about how I feel right now
This is about not thinking about it
This is about “Fuck yeah!” and “Wow!”
credits
from Topless at the Arco Arena,
released July 7, 2009
Blumenfield/Quirk
copyright 2009 People Still Suck Music (ASCAP)
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