INSTEAD

I can only imagine

How painful it must be

To have someone try to love you

And pursue

Persistently

Surely it must be

So annoying

My god what if he

Bought you flowers?!?

I got you one already...

- But it was in a time

When you had soured

It's in the backseat of my truck

Old & dried and dead

But when I see it - it reminds me

And you're right back in my head

I may have come

Unexpectedly

But I came by invitation

I'm sorry if the timing's wrong

Because of your

"Situation"

But if I didn't fight for you

No one would fight at all

You could try to deny it

But the writing's on the wall

You already gave your heart

To me

But now you won't deliver

Oh I wish I could so easily

Be an Indian giver!

If I could-I would-I swear!

I'd just leave you all alone

But

My pulse

Starts racing

Everytime

That I come home

So I'll move on like you

Want me to

Try to start things up again

Try to find another lover

Who is so easily my friend

Someone who's such a match for me

Who, too, shares everything in common

I'm sure there must be someone

Who quotes Maynard just as often

Someone who grew up the same way

Went to all of the same shows

Knows all the same lyrics

And those songs that no one knows

Someone who fits so easily

Who fits me like a glove

Who makes me feel triumphant

Every time that we make love

I'm sure it's in my better interest

You are such a "hot mess"

So this love I have to give you

I'll give to someone else

Instead