Avoiding Catatonic Surrender by Tim Barry Lyrics
[Verse]
It’s lonely in the Garden State, the place of no left turns
In a motel 6 in East Brunswick smoking till my lungs burn
I put ice in the trash can to cool down my beer
Breathe in the perfume in the room of the person last here
I can’t stand this singing
I can’t stand this song
I can’t stand being home, but I can’t stand being gone
My ears ring when it’s quiet and I ain’t heard a thing all day
And I’d call if I could but right now I ain’t got nothing to say
[Chorus]
And so on
And so long
Can’t keep singing these songs
Too long
So on
[Verse]
First night we met we fucked on the couch in my living room
And spent the morning pretending it didn’t happen, searching for your lost phone
Which I found between the cushions below a pile of our clothes
You said you couldn’t leave without it, Lord, I should have kept my eyes closed
I left for work directly then for a fifteen hour day
Made just over a hundred bucks, none of which I ever saved
Didn’t hear too much from you before, never heard from you again
Cause as soon as this shit starts, boy it’s, it’s bound to end
[Chorus]
And so on
And so long
Can’t keep singing these songs
For too long
And so on
[Verse]
I throw empty beer cans at the TV when I’m watching the news
I hate republicans, I hate democrats, I hate liberals too
I think pacifists are weak, and violence is wrong
But I go limp for police and I fight when it’s called for
The truth is I don’t know or care with who or where I fit in at all
But I keep on living simple, riding fast and living slow
I write standard boring songs with boring standard chords
Just like the best and the worst, verse chorus, verse chorus, bridge, repeat
[Chorus]
And so on
So long
Can’t keep singing these songs
Too long
And so on
And so on
And so long
I can’t keep singing these songs
And so on
And so on
It’s lonely in the Garden State, the place of no left turns
In a motel 6 in East Brunswick smoking till my lungs burn
I put ice in the trash can to cool down my beer
Breathe in the perfume in the room of the person last here
I can’t stand this singing
I can’t stand this song
I can’t stand being home, but I can’t stand being gone
My ears ring when it’s quiet and I ain’t heard a thing all day
And I’d call if I could but right now I ain’t got nothing to say
[Chorus]
And so on
And so long
Can’t keep singing these songs
Too long
So on
[Verse]
First night we met we fucked on the couch in my living room
And spent the morning pretending it didn’t happen, searching for your lost phone
Which I found between the cushions below a pile of our clothes
You said you couldn’t leave without it, Lord, I should have kept my eyes closed
I left for work directly then for a fifteen hour day
Made just over a hundred bucks, none of which I ever saved
Didn’t hear too much from you before, never heard from you again
Cause as soon as this shit starts, boy it’s, it’s bound to end
[Chorus]
And so on
And so long
Can’t keep singing these songs
For too long
And so on
[Verse]
I throw empty beer cans at the TV when I’m watching the news
I hate republicans, I hate democrats, I hate liberals too
I think pacifists are weak, and violence is wrong
But I go limp for police and I fight when it’s called for
The truth is I don’t know or care with who or where I fit in at all
But I keep on living simple, riding fast and living slow
I write standard boring songs with boring standard chords
Just like the best and the worst, verse chorus, verse chorus, bridge, repeat
[Chorus]
And so on
So long
Can’t keep singing these songs
Too long
And so on
And so on
And so long
I can’t keep singing these songs
And so on
And so on