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Bachelor No. 2
by Aimee Mann
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Overall Rating:
3.2982
Avg. Critic Score:
3.4627
Bachelor No. 2 Lyrics
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- Once upon a time is how it always goes
- but I'll make it brief
- what was started out with such excitement
- now I'd gladly end end with relief
- in what now has become a familiar motif:
- That nothing is good enough
- for people like you
- who have to have someone take the fall
- and something to sabotage--
- determined to lose it all
- Critics at their worst could never criticize
- the way that you do
- no, there's no one else, I find,
- to undermine or dash a hope
- quite like you
- and you do it so casually, too
- Cause nothing is good enough
- for people like you
- who have to have someone take the fall
- and something to sabotage--
- determined to lose it all
- Ladies and gentlemen--
- here's exhibit A
- didn't I try again?
- And did the effort pay?
- Wouldn't a smarter man
- simply walk away?
- It doesn't really help that you can never say
- what you're looking for
- but you'll know it when you hear it,
- know it when you see it walk through the door
- So you say--
- so you've said many times before
- But nothing is good enough
- for people like you
- who have to have someone take the fall
- and something to sabotage--
- determined to lose it all
- They're all still on their honeymoon
- just read the dialogue balloon
- everyone loves you--
- why should they not?
- And I'm the only one who knows
- that Disneyland's about to close
- I don't suppose you'd give it a shot
- knowing all that you've got
- Are cigarettes and Red Vines
- just close your eyes, 'cause, baby--
- you never do know
- and I'll be on the sidelines,
- with my hands tied,
- watching the show
- Well, it's always fun and games until
- it's clear you haven't got the skill
- in keeping the gag from going too far
- So you're running 'round the parking lot
- 'til every lightning bug is caught
- punching some pinholes
- in the lid of a jar
- while we wait in the car
- With cigarettes and Red Vines
- just close your eyes, 'cause, baby--
- you never do know
- and I'll be on the sidelines,
- with my hands tied,
- watching the show
- And tell me, would it kill you
- would it really spoil everything
- if you didn't blame yourself
- do you know what I mean?
- Cigarettes and Red Vines
- just close your eyes, 'cause,
- baby--
- you never do know
- and I'll be on the sidelines,
- with my hands tied,
- watching the show
- watching the show
- There's no charity in you
- and that surprises me
- I guess I thought you were a golden idol
- cause I called you majesty
- on the balustrade
- you watched me hunt for tips I was obliged to pick up
- from the passing trade
- Hey, kids--look at this
- it's the fall of the world's own optimist
- I could get back up if you insist
- but you'll have to ask politely
- cause the eggshells I've been treading
- couldn't spare me a beheading
- and I'll know I had it coming
- from a Caesar who was only slumming
- Hey, kids--look at this
- it's the fall of the world's own optimist
- Well, I could have objections
- which you could override
- but what's the point--we're only flogging the horse
- when the horseman has up and died
- once I testified
- and swore I'd never leave a stone unturned--
- I bet you're really glad that I lied
- Hey, kids--look at this
- it's the fall of the world's own optimist
- I could get back up if you insist
- but you'll have to ask politely
- cause the eggshells I've been treading
- couldn't spare me a beheading
- and I'll know I had it coming
- from a Caesar who was only slumming
- Hey, kids--look at this
- it's the fall of the world's own optimist
- Hey, kids--look at this
- it's the fall of the world's own optimist
- I could get back up if you insist
- but you'll have to ask politely
- yes, you'll have to ask politely
- yes, you'll have to ask
- Let's assume you were right
- and play the game of charm and strange
- and satellite
- and when we've all had our fun
- deflate the stars
- and put away the sun
- and so we can call it a day
- Cause I'll never prove that my motives were pure
- so let's remove any question of cure
- cause even though you've made it pretty obscure
- baby, it's clear, from here--
- you're losing your atmosphere
- from here, you're losing it
- So let's assume it was true
- cause baby can't lift up a hand to swear to you
- and what's the use of defense?
- the hangers-on are too far gone for evidence
- and that one was lost from the first
- Cause I'll never prove that my motives were pure
- so let's remove any question of cure
- cause even though you've made it pretty obscure
- baby, it's clear, from here--
- you're losing your atmosphere
- from here, you're losing it
- So have it your way
- whatever makes the best resume
- whatever you can throw in
- wash, rinse and spin til it's
- spun away--okay
- but I won't be sticking around
- Cause I'll never prove that my motives were pure
- so let's remove any question of cure
- cause even though you've made it pretty obscure
- baby, it's clear, from here--
- you're losing your atmosphere
- from here, you're losing it
- So maybe I wasn't
- that good a friend
- but you were one of us
- and I will wonder
- just like anyone
- if there was something
- else I could've done
- So maybe it's true that
- your cry for help
- was oh, so very faint
- but still I heard
- and knew something was wrong
- just nothing you could put your finger on
- and I will wonder
- just like anyone
- just like anyone
- Oh, Susan, you were clued in
- you knew just how this thing would go
- a prognosis that was hopeless
- from the very first domino
- I guess I see it all in hindsight
- I tried to keep perspective despite
- the flash of the fuse, the smell of cordite
- Now I'm in that place again
- and I know he can't come in to get me
- and someday he will live to regret me
- Susan, I can see it now
- Oh, Suzie--they get to me
- they can really be wearying
- but he threw me rope and buoy
- let me use his decoder ring
- there must have been some kind of parade
- we kissed for a while to see how it played
- and pulled the pin on another grenade
- Now I'm in that place again
- and I know he can't come in to get me
- and someday he will live to regret me
- Suzie, I can see it now
- Oh, Susan, the hope of fusion
- is that the halo will reappear
- it may be pure illusion
- but it's beautiful while it's here
- I had some trouble with the goodbye
- I checked my Roman candle supply
- and watched the vapor trail in the sky
- But I'm in that place again
- and I know he can't come in to get me
- and someday he will live to regret me
- Susan, I can see it now
- As we were speaking of the devil
- you walked right in
- wearing hubris like a medal
- you revel in
- but it's me at whom you'll level
- your javelin
- Wasn't that just our dear friend Ron?
- Throwing your weight around the sun
- happier now that you've become
- what you hated
- I'm surprised I even thought I
- had half a chance
- I was just one in a million
- of also-rans
- who was sure to be your victim
- of circumstance
- Once you were just our dear friend Ron
- selling the soul you swore upon
- spreading the word that you've become
- what you hated
- And if I don't understand...
- well, I guess it takes all kinds
- I would like to keep this vision
- of you intact--
- when we'd hang around and listen
- to Bacharach
- and you loved the world you lived in
- and it loved you back
- Once you were just our dear friend Ron
- now you look out for number one
- who would've guessed that you'd become
- what you hated
- And I guess it takes all kinds
- You stay the night at his house
- with no ride to work
- and I'm the one who tells you
- he's another jerk
- but you're the one who can succeed
- you've only got to prove your need--
- and you do
- you really do
- The sex you're trading up for
- what you hope is love
- is just another thing that
- he'll be careless of
- but though there are caveats galore
- you've only got to love him more--
- and you do
- you really do
- even when it's all too clear
- You write a little note that
- you leave on the bed
- and spend some time dissecting
- every word he said
- and if he seemed a little strange
- well, baby--anyone can change
- and you do
- you do
- you really do
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