It's the right situation and I'm a well-adjusted guy I walk into the room and I'm on I sneak outside and light a spliff and then it hits me Are they talking about me while I'm gone? I don't remember who I met or who I drank with So preoccupied with how I appear I can't be anywhere without being somewhere else So I always miss what's happening here Politics and party tricks I'm guessing who they want me to be All I'm ever thinking 'bout Is what everybody's thinking of me (Nobody's thinking of me) I'm here, I'm stoned, I'm halfway home But would they invite me back if I leave? All I'm ever thinking 'bout Is what everybody's thinking of me Nobody's thinking of me I hate charades, I hate myself I hate when movies take forever and then someone ruins the end I hate the beach, I hate when someone's mad at me And most of all I'm scared that I hate my friends 'Cause they look awfully nonchalant mid conversation When it pauses and I got nothing to say I take a breath and make a joke at my expense And if they laugh, I'm probably doing okay Politics and party tricks I'm guessing who they want me to be All I'm ever thinking 'bout Is what everybody's thinking of me (Nobody's thinking of me) I'm here, I'm stoned, I'm halfway home But would they invite me back if I leave? All I'm ever thinking 'bout Is what everybody's thinking of me Nobody's thinking of me Politics and Party tricks and Politics and Party tricks Politics and Party tricks and Politics and