Sitting there holed up
in a room so warm, so soft
curled up
with the window shut
Being safe, being lost
News cast convinced
Watching others take risks
Your life is boring
and I'm convinced
you need my pity
You have to open the window
to see the real world
you have to step on your shadow
to walk in the sun
You have to let go of your pillow
to have real fun
Vicarious is a disease my friend
you live through a television set
You'll regret life's passing in the end

This is how to start the beautiful letdown
so get down
no rebound, just sit down
short timing, so explain how
we were to, and supposed to
while I talked to,
don't frown, and anger is not your best dancing gown
was it a game? I read minds
am I to blame? In due time
are you the same? I think better
this shoulder ain't cold, but I'd still grab a sweater
'cuz while you look at me I'll make you shiver
stare in my eyes and I'll make you wetter
hang on my words and savor every letter
enjoy the taste of this moment, for its time is shorter
end of days is the reason I'm the exploiter
So, goodbye goodbye
breathe in a deep sigh, this time
this time
will inevitably pass by, and thus begins
the Beautiful letdown

I see you staring at me
Dressed in red, laced in black
I can hear your innocent cherry beckoning
You have twenty-three flavors I lack
I start by grabbing those cans
A double ****** stack

Moving higher, I finger your top
until your beauty has been successfully unveiled
It is only now that I catch a waft
of your scent, my nose now entailed
and without hesitation by my tongue
My mouth sets sail

My eyes close slightly as my hands move
bringing joy as your cans meet my face
I slowly tilt back as I sip your goodness
liquid love slips down my tongue with haste
My dear cherry Dr. Pepper, I must say
No other drink beats your taste!

I was watching the weather reporter explain jet-streams
and I'm not sure I understood
but I think I got enough, it seems
so that my plan can go as it should.

Its been really hot here lately
the pavement burns to the touch
the western summer air is set to baking
It can evaporate a pond before lunch

I was thinking of sending you a postcard
something with trees, or the beach
but buying an impersonal picture ain't so hard
(and besides, they're $3.99 each!)

So I decided to send you my love
in a way that isn't plain
I'm sending over a tiny cloud, Love
'cuz I know that you love the rain

I'm gonna pour some water on to the ground
and if what I've learned about jet-streams is true
I'm gonna wait for it to disappear into a cloud
and watch the wind blow this straight to you

I was making a burrito when
I dropped the tortilla into the fryer
    looks like I'm eating tostadas instead...

I was making a tostada when
The tortilla folded over inside the fryer
    looks like I'm eating tacos instead...

I was making a taco when
the edges of my overside tortilla folded up in the small fryer
    looks like I'm eating a taco salad instead...

I was making a taco salad when
the shell was dropped and shattered upon the counter
    looks like I'm eating nachos instead...

I was making some nachos when
I ran out of chips, so I grabbed a tortilla
   looks like I'm eating a burrito instead...

I suffer the effects of this love, the good
     the bad
to be sure, your thoughts do invade my mind
   so does your problems, your past
unfazed, I trudge forward, as I should
     willing to bear your weight
scapegoat? yes! packmule? yes!
    only if the open truth exists, I'll be fine
Its a sign, I've lit it brightly
   speak to me, even if its spitefully
  and I'll do what I need to do for you, my dear
                     and I'll do it rightly