mama lay me down this christmas
my daddy died this morning ninety-three
i taped my bed in plastic wrap this morning
to protect it from the lice that's eating me

i don't know why i like to keep on living
life's been hell on this eulogy
the rust from the nail that they nailed in my head
is hurting me again
another one of life's little miserys

maybe i'll get the nail out
maybe i won't
maybe i will
mabe i'll get the nail out
before it eats the rest of me
this isn't just a fantasy...

another wave falls towards the ocean
the ocean ***** are eating me again
she's somewhere here on the shores with the sunlight in her hair
pretending that she's meeting her old man

i fell in the love with the queen of the oceans
and i'll never say her name
for no man should have to go through that much rain again
on this the planet earth ever again

I never asked you to be the exception to all my rules
But it's happened and I don't know how to take it back

So I'm asking you to come find me tonight
I'll be the one waiting under the bright lights
The girl singing off key, hoping you'll find it in you

          To just maybe love me
          Is there any chance you could love me

I never asked you to come along and charm me that first day
Talking in charades with those striking blue eyes

So I'm hoping that perhaps you'll think of me tonight
I'll be the dancer waltzing through your dreams
Praying you just might take a second glance at me

          To just maybe love me
          Is there any chance you could love me

I never asked you to make me fall in love with you
There isn't any grand thing about you that draws me in

It's your little idiosyncrasies that are my addictions
I know I'm bad luck and poor company
And I'm unfortunately terrified of my infatuation

          Oh, but I do love you
          Is there any chance you could love me