I'm Writing a Novel

Album: Fear Fun (2012)
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  • I ran down the road, pants down to my knees
    Screaming, "Please come help me
    That Canadian shaman gave a little too much to me"
    And I'm writing a novel
    Because it's never been done before
    First house that I saw, I wrote house up on the door
    And told the people who lived there they had to get out
    "Cause my reality is realer than yours"
    And there's no time in the present
    And there's a black dog on the bed

    I went to the backyard to burn my only clothes
    And the dog ran out and said
    "You can't turn nothing into nothing is with me no more"
    Well, I'm no doctor, but that monkey might be right
    And if he is, I'll be walking him my whole life

    I rode to Malibu on a dune buggy with Neil
    He said, "You're gonna have to drive me down on the beach
    If you ever want to write the real"
    And I said, "I'm sorry, young man, what is your name again?"

    Now, everywhere I go in West Hollywood
    It's filled with people pretending
    They don't see the actress and the actress wishing that they could
    We could do ayahuasca
    Baby, if I wasn't holding all these drinks

    Something 'bout the way Violet whips her hair
    That makes me empty my pockets on the corner-to-corner
    Bumming twenties as if I was the mayor
    Well, I don't need any new friends, momma
    But I could really use something to do
    So, if you're up for it sometimes
    I swear you wouldn't have to be my muse

    Heidegger and Sartre, drinking poppy tea
    I could've sworn last night I passed out in my van
    And now these guys are pouring one for me
    I'll never leave the canyon
    'Cause I'm surrounded on all sides
    By people writing novels and living on amusement rides Writer/s: Joshua Michael Tillman
    Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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