A Damn Good Disguise by The Mendoza Line Lyrics
You long for a bar with a quiet room
But no one's gonna treat you like a kid that way
You've got trouble enough since you fucked the landlord
You're breaking like eggshells from under the car door
The grains of regret still blooming in her face
Now nothing is settled, so that makes you nervous
'Cause you won't be so lucky when they figure it out
And your hand moves so slightly, she'd barely notice
What you call audacious, dear, I barely count
And I won't be there when you change your mind
But if your heart should change, I guess I might be found
Whether covered up with lies, under paint that never dries
It'll take a damn good disguise to live this one down now
You run very slowly, but not without purpose
You step in a verse, you walk always in rain
And me, some small token of your inaffection
That lingers unwelcome and then drifts away
We deferred to your parents, who gladly consented
Though you were pretending and I really meant it
If you turn a blind eye to a blank wall
And that's our life, hey, you're killing me with protocol
She acts just like she's seen it all
But I do't think she's seen this
A big shot at the mini-mall
You learned it all before you could crawl
It don't make you a genius now
The obsessives' tribunal has brought you to trial
For an ingratitude that surprises even yourself
And the things you were given that you claim to find vile
You cling to like cancer impeaching your health
And I do not wish this misery upon you
Or anyone else that it might desire
Though it is my fear, darling, that it will choose you
And it is my fear, darling, that you will requite it
But no one's gonna treat you like a kid that way
You've got trouble enough since you fucked the landlord
You're breaking like eggshells from under the car door
The grains of regret still blooming in her face
Now nothing is settled, so that makes you nervous
'Cause you won't be so lucky when they figure it out
And your hand moves so slightly, she'd barely notice
What you call audacious, dear, I barely count
And I won't be there when you change your mind
But if your heart should change, I guess I might be found
Whether covered up with lies, under paint that never dries
It'll take a damn good disguise to live this one down now
You run very slowly, but not without purpose
You step in a verse, you walk always in rain
And me, some small token of your inaffection
That lingers unwelcome and then drifts away
We deferred to your parents, who gladly consented
Though you were pretending and I really meant it
If you turn a blind eye to a blank wall
And that's our life, hey, you're killing me with protocol
She acts just like she's seen it all
But I do't think she's seen this
A big shot at the mini-mall
You learned it all before you could crawl
It don't make you a genius now
The obsessives' tribunal has brought you to trial
For an ingratitude that surprises even yourself
And the things you were given that you claim to find vile
You cling to like cancer impeaching your health
And I do not wish this misery upon you
Or anyone else that it might desire
Though it is my fear, darling, that it will choose you
And it is my fear, darling, that you will requite it