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Temporary Tattoos
04:19
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When I told you that I’d be a star, how could I know that you’d be on board?
Your suggestions all caught me off guard, cuz I’m so used to being ignored
Ink won’t look good on my body, I’ve got no interest in tats
I’ve got a job interview in the morning, I’m not gonna jeopardize that
Too sensible to succeed
Too practical to give you what you need
Baby anyone can see that you’re a lot and I’m a little
But there’s gotta be a way that you can meet me in the middle
So you can cover my face in temporary tattoos, oh yeah
You can spray paint my hair, write your name on my shoes, I swear
Make me into whatever you choose
As long as it’s something I can undo
When you say you hear pain in my voice, I appreciate it and say “thanks”
But my family was loving and kind, I had to manufacture my angst
I've got no drug habits to speak of, no deaths to mine for some pain
A divorce would’ve been so convenient, I could’ve been the next Cobain
Maybe I just don’t have the gall
Too hesitant to go risk it all
Don’t remind me of the time I said I wanted to be God
I’m a genuine phony, I’m an authentic fraud
So you can cover my face in temporary tattoos, oh yeah
You can spray paint my hair, write your name on my shoes, I swear
Make sure it’s nothing that can’t be washed off, cuz tomorrow we gotta find jobs and grow up but
For tonight let’s pretend we’ve got nothing to lose
I never knew how frightening it would be
To have somebody else see potential in me
And I just wish that I could agree
I’m committed to changing the world, and I hope my resolve’s here to stay
But if someday I have to give up, can you promise you’ll still feel this way?
But baby let’s save that for another day, for now
You can cover my face in temporary tattoos, oh yeah
You can spray paint my hair, write your name on my shoes
Make sure it’s nothing that can’t be washed off, cuz tomorrow we gotta find jobs and grow up but
For tonight let’s pretend we’ve got nothing to lose
Make me into whatever you choose
And I won’t refuse
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Sticky Notes
02:50
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Well I think today is gonna be the day
Where most everything is gonna go my way
I flushed my pills right down the drain, I have no clouds around my brain
I think today is gonna be my day
So I walk on down the stairs to the lobby
And plastered to the wall, what do I see?
Stuck up there are sticky notes adorned with some inspiring quotes
As if someone had stuck them there for me
“Be positive, just be yourself,
You weren’t born to be someone else
Takes less muscles to smile than to frown
You’re perfect just the way you are, an awesome friend, a shining star
Don’t ever let your sadness bring you down”
Looking at them, I’m unsure of what to say
But I’ll admit these notes have rubbed me the wrong way
I’m sure that they were well intentioned, but they come off condescending
That’s not what I was looking for today
Cuz I don’t want to see notes upon the door
Start telling me that I should smile more
Don’t try to discredit my sadness, it may push me into madness
Or start up my next internal war
“Be positive, just be yourself,
You weren’t born to be someone else”
Look, it’s hard enough to live each day
Don’t tell me what I have to feel, why the hell should I have to deal
With pushy yellow notes and what they say
Now I feel my neck is starting to get tense
Feel my rage is pushing right through common sense
Now yellow pads talk down to me and instruct me on who to be
Oh who the hell would fall for that nonsense?
Now I’m shaking and my face is turning red
There’s an itch that can’t be scratched inside my head
Once sticky notes start condescending, then you know your world is ending
I wish whoever wrote those notes was dead
“Be positive, just be yourself”
Thanks for the tip, now go to Hell
I’m done engaging with your twisted games
“You’re perfect just the way you are”
We’ve never met, but au revoir
I’ve got a gun, it’s time to spill my brains
Thank god I’ve got those sticky notes to blame
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Teddy Grey New York, New York
Teddy Grey is a New York-based singer/songwriter. Past projects include double concept album "The Great Failed Romances of the Twentieth Century", mixtape "Rock N Roll McDonalds", and the cult independent movie "Garfeld: The Musical (A Garfield Parody)". More classics are on their way. Not rushing em this time. ... more
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