What Do I Get?
(Wener)
A brilliant disguise,
The secrets and lies,
The idiots and the jokers.
The camera pans wide
And nobody tried
To bring the whole thing in focus.
And all you believe in
Turns you down again.
Your vision is blurred,
Bleak and absurd,
You've been on a long vacation.
And when you were born,
Concieved on bad porn,
They stole your imagination.
And all you believe in
Turns you down again.
I don't eat,
I don't speak,
I just sing myself to sleep.
What do I get?
What do I get?
You don't eat
And you don't breathe,
You just ruin everything.
What do I get?
What do I get?
So why don't we split,
Grab your own bit.
Won't do you any good though.
As hard as you hit,
Nothing will fit
The cabbages and your furrows.
And all you believe in
Will turn you down again.
As far as it goes
We never came close
To pulling ourselves together.
The wintery snows,
The deepening lows
And nobody watched the weather.
And all you believe in
Brings you down again.
And I don't eat,
I don't speak,
I just sing myself to sleep.
What do I get?
What do I get?
Wou don't eat,
And you don't speak,
You just ruin everything.
What do I get?
What do I get?
What do I get?
What do I get?
[ lyrics transcribed by stephen swain ]
Sleeper |Stretch Princess | Morrissey