The old bastard left his ties and a suit A brown box, mothballs and bowling shoes And his opinion so you'd never have to choose Pretty soon, you'll be
again It's too late Don't you know It's been too late For a long time Elliott, man, you played a fine guitar And some dirty basketball The songs you
There's a moment in my mind I scribbled and erased a thousand times Like a letter never written or sent These conversations with the dead I used to be
like a satellite To pass the time, you'll float by again And I can tell you about the little things So you don't think about the big things for a while
wrong And I come running When you want me here And when you want me to I disappear, Judy I knew if I made it easy for you You'd settle for me Yeah,
she's pulled all the blankets over Curled in a ball like she's hiding from me and That's when I know she's gonna be pissed when she wakes up For terrible
You can't fool me, I saw you when you came out You got your momma's taste but you got my mouth And you will always have a part of me Nobody else is ever
a band Maybe they knew more then we knew 'Cause they danced and drank While we jumped off the deep end Oh, I've got you to thank For this Christmas
The old bastard left his ties and his suit A brown box, mothballs and bowling shoes and his opinion so you'd never have to choose Pretty soon, you'll
come running when you want me here and when you want me to, I disappear Give Judy my notice I knew if I made it easy for you you'd settle for me, yeah
Take a walk out the gate you go and never stop past all the stores and wig shops quarter in a cup for every block and watch the buildings grow smaller
walked out the door And the clouds came tumbling down And it's by my goodbye I tried Down comes the reign of the telephone czar It's OK to call Now I'll answer for
Think of me Anyway you want I can be The problem if that's easier In your head Move the pieces around Things I've said Turn the memory upside down And
up She's pulled all the blankets over Curled in a ball Like she's hiding from me and That's when I know She's gonna be pissed when she wakes up For terrible