Delilah

Album: Yes, Virginia... (2006)
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  • There's no end to the love you can give
    When you change your point of view to underfoot
    Very good
    You may be flat but you're breathing

    And there's no doubt he's at home in his room
    Probably watching porn of you from the fall
    It's last call
    And you're the last one leaving

    And you thought you could change the world
    By opening your legs
    Well it isn't very hard
    Try kicking them instead
    And you thought you could change his mind
    By changing your perfume to the kind his mother wore
    O god Delilah why?
    I never met a more impossible girl

    In this same bar where you slammed down your hand
    And said "Amanda, I'm in love"
    No you're not
    You're just a sucker for the ones who use you
    And it doesn't matter what I say or do
    The stupid bastard's gonna have his way with you

    You're an unrescuable schizo
    Or else you're on the rag
    If you take him back
    I'm gonna lose my nerve
    I never met a more impossible girl
    I never met a more impossible girl

    At four o'clock he got off
    And you called up
    "I'm down at Denny's on route one
    And you won't guess what he's done"
    Is that a fact Delilah?
    Larry tap let you in through the back
    And use his calling card again
    For a quick hand of gin

    You are impossible, Delilah: the princess of denial
    And after 7 years in advertising you are none the wiser

    You're an unrescuable schizo
    Or else you're on the rag
    'Cause if you take him back
    I'm gonna lose my nerve
    He's gonna beat you like a pillow
    You schizos never learn
    And if you take him home
    You'll get what you deserve

    So don't cry Delilah
    You're still alive Delilah
    You need a ride Delilah?
    Let's see how fast this thing can go Writer/s: Amanda Palmer
    Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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  • Cat from CtThis is one of my favorite songs. it is truly sad, I think it's really sad actually. I just love like the power in it.
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