Camper Van Beethoven

Oh, watch what you say
You're breaking my heart
Oh, watch what you do
You're tearing me apart
I, i hear what you say
I see what you do
Please, please won't you tell me
That you will stay

When, when we first met
Well i fell for you
You, you said "but first
To me you must be true."
Well i, i kept my word
But you don't seem to care
Please, please won't you tell me
That you will stay

Oh, watch what you say
You're breaking my heart
Oh, watch what you do
You're tearing me apart
I, i hear what you say
I see what you do
I see you going
Please, please won't you tell me
That you will stay

(instrumental)

Every time i see your face
It reminds me of the place
We used to go

All's i got is a photograph
And i'm feelin' like you're not comin' back anymore

I thought i'd make it
The day you went away
But i just can't take it
If you're not coming home to stay

I can't get used to living here
When my heart is broke
My tears they cry for you

I want you here to have and hold
As the years go by
And we get old and grey

Now you're expecting me
To live without you
But that's not something
That i'm looking forward to

I can't get used to living here
When my heart is broke
My tears have cried for you.

I played this song for my love
But she said to me
"it has no meaning at all."
We walked across the park
And i said a word
And we went to the bar
For no reason at all
Well up in the sky
Well i saw a cloud
And i thought that it looked like something
But on second thought not

And i would come to visit you
But i can't find my car keys
And i can't remember where you live
And if i had just a little time
I could speak seven languages
I could walk on water

A friend calls me on the phone
And tells me a joke
Well i think that i laugh
But i don't remember at all
I woke up with a word in my head
And as far as i know
It has no meaning at all
Well up in the sky
Well i saw a cloud
And i thought it looked like a face
But on second thought not

And i would come to visit you
But i can't find my car keys
And i can't think of right words to say
And if i had just a little time
I could speak seven languages
I could walk on water

Why do lovers park down deserted lanes
Near haunted houses or homes for the insane
Like the deformed son who was locked in a shed
Later escaped when he chopped off their heads

Why do axe murderers only attack
When you're partially nude
Or you're taking a bath
Though there are times i feel softer then most
Some days like yogurt
And some days like toast

Sorority girls and fraternity boys
Always deflowered if they're rich or they're spoiled
So we never feel bad when aunt betty who's dead
Surprises them lying on her wedding bed when we're making love now i feel so exposed
Might you impale me or turn into those
Creatures over in my mind
Forget about the last five years

Back in the woods along a dirt track there is a house
An old women on the porch with three dogs
One of them blind
Who knows what will happen
Or what blind dogs see
And i wish there was some place
I really wanted to be
I'm crossing over

I don't take clothes that are hand-me-downs
I don't smile
'cause i wear a frown
Once i get started you can't hold me down
Once i get going then i go to town
I'm not like everybody else

I don't want to walk around like everybody else
I don't want to live my life like everybody else
I don't want to seek around like everybody else
'cause i'm not like everybody else

Darling, you know that i love you true
Confess all my sins if you want me to
But there's just one thing i wanna say to you
If you're gonna love me my whole life through
And that's

I'm not like everybody else
Like everybody else

Six more miles
To the graveyard
Six more miles
Long and sad
Six more miles
To see my darling
She's best friend
I ever had

And the rain
Is softly falling
And my heart
It is so sore
Six more miles
To the graveyard
And i'll be here
Alone once more

And i hear the train a'comin'
Bringing my darlin' on back home
Six more miles
To the graveyard
And i'll be here
Alone once more

The white ducks fly
All past the sun
Their wings flap silver at the moon

While waters rush down the mountaintops
My [?] plays circus tunes

I dance to the wonders of your feet
And i sing to the joy of your knees
The cold white dress on the mountain crest
[?] the frozen tree

The maple-[?] in the sky
It seems to kiss the wind
While scores of glittering [?] [?]

I whistle symphonies of your face
And laugh
For your hair is so fine

In startled reeds
Of playground grass
A child jumps rope to [?]

Reeds and grass
The marching drum
They make a joyous sound

She bends low with lust and love
And falls [?] on the ground

I hunger for your porpoise mouth
And stand erect for love
The sun burns up the winter sky
And all the earth is love