[Verse 1] Down by the lake we were overturning pebbles And upending all the animals alight And I took a drag from your cigarette and pinched it Tween my finger and my thumb, till it had died And the sun burned low on the radio [Verse 2] Say that you will, say you will or will you wont Or you whatever you prevaricate your whole life, dont you? This much I can say I wouldve waited till the oceans Fell away and all the sunken cities would reveal themselves to you But you wont, will you? Because you never do And the sun burned through sweet as honeydew [Chorus] And I, seventeen and terminally fey I wrote it down and threw it all away Never gave a thought to what I paid And you, all sibylline, reclining in your pew You tattered me, you tethered me to you The things you would, and the things you wouldnt do To tell the truth I never had a clue [Verse 3] Now we arise to curse those young suburban villains And their illbegotten children from the lawn Come to me now, and on this station wagon window Set the ghost of your two footprints That they might haunt me when youre gone And when the light broke dawn, you were forever gone But I remember you you were full You were full and sweet as honeydew [Chorus] And I, seventeen and terminally fey I wrote it down and threw it all away And never gave a thought to what I paid And you, all sibylline, reclining in your pew You tattered me, you tethered me to you The things you would, and the things you wouldnt do You noticed how I never had a clue, never had a clue You were full and sweet as honeydew You were full and sweet as honeydew
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