Pardon me, sugar, I'm the man underneath your thumb
But I won't take your balance and I won't chew your bubblegum
White heat, indiscreet, any day now obsolete
Know you've seen your best days
I still walk down your empty street
Well, you look like salvation but you taste like a refugee
Well, you say you've got no soul but you look like you do to me
And if I was the melody, you were the symphony
Honey, loving you took the very best of me
I don't need your red wine covered sympathy
Just another punchline in your stand up tragedy
Well, I've been pushing up daisies
To catch a glimpse of something real
When I see you coming, might just as well give up and kneel
Came, saw, broke your law, anyday now I'll withdraw
I chewed on your intention just to dislocate my jaw
Well, if you saw me broken, won't you put me out my misery?
Well, I don't do handsome and you don't do sympathy
If I was the melody, you were the symphony
Honey, loving you took the very best of me
I don't need your red wine covered sympathy
Just another punchline in your stand up tragedy
Wrong from the get go
Let it slide
Tell me what they don't know
Sing those praises far and wide
Give those speeches, ring them bells
Mama don't know what she preaches
But she sure looks dignified
But she sure looks dignified
But she sure looks dignified
And if I was the melody, you were the symphony
Honey, loving you took the very best of me
I don't need your red wine covered sympathy
Just another punchline in your stand up tragedy
Take my only guarantee
I could be your slave if you'd only beg for me
I don't need your red wine covered sympathy
Just another punchline in your
Stand up, sit down, lie back, turn round, play dead for me
Stand up tragedy