Butterfly

from Pinkerton

Yesterday I went outside

With my momma's mason jar

Caught a lovely Butterfly

When I woke up today

And looked in on my fairy pet

She had withered all away

No more sighing in her breast

I'm sorry for what I did

I did what my body told me to

I didn't mean to do you harm

But every time I pin down what I think I want

It slips away 

The ghost slips away

I smell you on my hand for days

I can't wash away your scent

If I'm a dog then you're a bitch

I guess you're as real as me

Maybe I can live with that

Maybe I need fantasy

A life of chasing Butterfly

I'm sorry for what I did

I did what my body told me to

I didn't mean to do you harm

But every time I pin down what I think I want

It slips away 

The ghost slips away

I told you I would return

When the robin makes his nest

But I ain't never comin' back

I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry

Falling for You

from Pinkerton

Holy cow, I think I've got one here

Now just what am I s'posed to do?

I've got a number of irrational fears

That I'd like to share with you

First, there's rules about old goats like me

Hangin' 'round with chicks like you 

But I do like you

And another one

You say "like" too much

But I'm shakin' at your touch

I like you way too much

My baby, I'm afraid I'm falling for you

And I'd do 'bout anything to get the hell out alive

Or maybe I would rather settle down with you

Holy moly, baby, wouldn't you know it?

Just as I was bustin' loose

I gotta go turn in my rock star card 

And get fat and old with you

'Cause I'm a burning a candle 

You're a gentle moth

Teaching me to lick a little bit kinder

And I do like you 

You're the lucky one

No, I'm the lucky one

But I'm shakin' at your touch

I like you way too much

My baby, I'm afraid I'm falling for you

And I'd do 'bout anything to get the hell out alive

Or maybe I would rather settle down with you

Holy sweet goddamn 

You left your cello in the basement

I admired the glowing stars and tried to play a tune

I can't believe how bad I suck, it's true

What could you possibly see in little old 3-chord me?

But I do like you and you like me too

I'm ready, let's do it baby 

But I'm shakin' at your touch

I like you way too much

My baby, I'm afraid I'm falling for you

And I'd do 'bout anything to get the hell out alive

Or maybe I would rather settle down with you

Pink Triangle

from Pinkerton

When I'm stable long enough

I start to look around for love

See a sweet in floral print

My mind begins the arrangements

But when I start to feel that pull

Turns out I just pulled myself

She would never go with me

Were I the last girl on earth

I'm dumb, she's a lesbian

I thought I had found the one

We were good as married in my mind,

but married in my mind's no good

Oh, a Pink Triangle on her sleeve

Let me know the truth, let me know the truth

Might have smoked a few in my time

But never thought it was a crime

Knew the day would surely come

When I'd chill and settle down

When I think I've found a good old-fashioned girl

Then she put me in my place

If everyone's a little queer

Can't she be a little straight?

El Scorcho

from Pinkerton

Goddamn you half-Japanese girls

Do it to me every time

Oh, the redhead said you shred the cello

And I'm jello, baby

But you won't talk, won't look, won't think of me

I'm the epitome of Public Enemy

Why you wanna go and do me like that?

Come down on the street and dance with me

I'm a lot like you so please Hello, I'm here, I'm waiting

I think I'd be good for you and you'd be good for me

I asked you to go to the Green Day concert

You said you never heard of them

How cool is that?

So I went to your room and read your diary:

"...watching Grunge leg-drop New-Jack through a press table..." 

And then my heart stopped

"...listening to Cio-Cio San fall in love all over again..."

How stupid is it? 

I can't talk about it

I gotta sing about it and make a record of my heart

(How stupid is it? Won't you give me a minute

Just come up to me and say hello to my heart)

How stupid is it?

For all I know you want me too
And maybe you just don't know what to do 

Or maybe you're scared to say "I'm falling for you"

I wish I could get my head out of the sand 

'Cause I think we'd make a good team

And you would keep my fingernails clean

But that's just a stupid dream that I won't realize

'Cause I can't even look in your eyes without shakin'

And I ain't fakin'

I'll bring home the turkey if you bring home the bacon

The Good Life

from Pinkerton

When I look in the mirror

I can't believe what I see

Tell me, who's that funky dude starin' back at me?

Broken, beaten-down can't even get around

Without an old-man cane I fall and hit the ground

Shivering in the cold, I'm bitter and alone

Excuse the bitchin', I shouldn't complain

I should have no feeling, 'cause feeling is pain

As everything I need is denied me

And everything I want is taken away from me

But who do I got to blame?

Nobody but me

I don't wanna be a old man anymore

It's been a year or two since I was out on the floor

Shakin' booty, makin' sweet love all the night

It's time I got back to the Good Life

It's time I got back, it's time I got back

And I don't even know how I got off the track

I wanna go back, yeah!

Screw this crap, I've had it! I ain't no Mr. Cool

I'm a pig, I'm a dog, so 'scuse me if I drool

I ain't gonna hurt nobody, ain't gonna cause a scene

I just need to admit I want sugar in my tea

Hear me? Hear me? I want sugar in my tea!

I don't wanna be a old man anymore

It's been a year or two since I was out on the floor

Shakin' booty, makin' sweet love all the night

It's time I got back to the good Life

It's time I got back, it's time I got back

And I don't even know how I got off the track

I wanna go back, yeah!

I wanna go back, I wanna go back

And I don't even know how I got off the track

It's time I got back, it's time I got back

And I don't even know how I got off the track

I wanna go back, yeah!

I don't wanna be a old man anymore

It's been a year or two since I was out on the floor

Shakin' booty, makin' sweet love all the night

It's time I got back to the good Life

It's time I got back, it's time I got back

And I don't even know how I got off the track

It's time I got back, it's time I got back

And I don't even know how I got off the track

I wanna go back

Across the Sea

from Pinkerton

You are 18 year old girl who live in small city of Japan

And you heard me on the radio about one year ago

And you're wanting to know all about me and my hobbies

My favorite food and my birthday

Why are you so far away from me?

I need help and you're way across the sea

I could never touch you - I think it would be wrong

I've got your letter and you've got my song

They don't make stationery like this where I'm from - so fragile, so refined

So I sniff and I lick your envelope and fall to little pieces every time

I wonder what clothes you wear to school; I wonder how you decorate your room

I wonder how you touch yourself and curse myself for being across the sea

Why are you so far away from me?

I need help and you're way across the sea

I could never touch you - I think it would be wrong

I've got your letter and you've got my song

At 10, I shaved my head and tried to be a monk

I thought the older women would like me if I did

You see, ma, I'm a good little boy

It's all your fault, momma, it's all your fault

Goddamn, this business is really lame

I gotta live on the island to find the juice

So you send me your love from all around the world

As if I could live on words and dreams and a million screams

Oh, how I need a hand in mine to feel.

Why are you so far away from me?

Why are you so far away from me?

I could never touch you - I think it would be wrong

I've got your letter and you've got my song

I've got your letter and you've got my song

Why Bother?

from Pinkerton

I know I should get next to you

You got a look that makes me think you're cool

But it's just sexual attraction

Not somethin' real so I'd rather keep wackin'

Why bother?

It's gonna hurt me

It's gonna kill when you desert me

This happened to me twice before

It won't happen to me anymore

I've known a lot of girls before

What's the harm in knowin' one more?

Maybe we could even get together

Maybe you could break my heart next summer

Why bother?

It's gonna hurt me

It's gonna kill when you desert me

This happened to me twice before

It won't happen to me anymore

It's a crying shame I'm all alone

Not with you, nor her, nor anyone

Won't you knock me on my head

Crack it open let me outta here.

Why bother?

It's gonna hurt me

It's gonna kill when you desert me

This happened to me twice before

It won't happen to me anymore

No Other One

from Pinkerton

My girl's a liar

But I'll stand beside her

She's all I've got

And I don't wanna be alone

My girl don't see me

When she's with my friends

She's all I've got

And I don't wanna be alone

No there is no other one

No there is no other one

I can't have any other one

Though I would

Now I never could with one

All of the drugs she does

Scare me real good

She's got a tattoo

And two pet snakes

Nobody knows me like her

Nobody knows her like me

We're all we've got and we don't wanna be alone.

No there is no other one

No there is no other one

I can't have any other one

Though I would

Now I never could with one

No there is no other one

No there is no other one

I won't have any other one

Though I would

Now I never could with one

Getchoo

from Pinkerton

This is beginning to hurt

This is beginning to be serious

It used to be a game

Now it's a cryin' shame

'Cause you don't wanna play around no more

Sometimes I push too hard

Sometimes you fall and skin your knee

I never meant to do

All that I've done to you

Please, baby, say it's not too late

To get you, uh-huh

You know this is breakin' me up

You think that I'm some kind of freak

But if you'd come back to me

Then you would surely see

That I'm just foolin' around

I can't believe

What you've done to me

What I did to them

You've done to me

Tired of Sex

from Pinkerton

I'm tired, so tired

I'm tired of having sex

I'm spread so thin

I don't know who I am

Monday night, I'm making Jen

Tuesday night, I'm making Lynn

Wednesday night, I'm making Catherine

Oh, why can't I be making love come true?

Whoa

I'm beat, beet red

Ashamed of what I said

I'm sorry

Here I go

I know I'm a sinner but I can't say no

Thursday night, I'm makin' Denise

Friday night, I'm makin' Sharise

Saturday night, I'm makin' Louise

Oh, why can't I be makin' love come true?

What should I do?

Tonight, I'm down on my knees

Tonight, I'm begging you please

Tonight, tonight, please

Oh, why can't I be making love come true?