Bait And Switch

I finally had all my ducks in a row,

Peace and quiet, the means of subtraction.

And how she got in, I'm not sure that I know.

Two weeks on and my spine was in traction, my eyes in a basket.



My gut and my heart are so out of phase,

And that kind of girl she nobody's daughter.

I'm just not used to these powerful waves

She's shouting the breaths and I'm taking on water.

What am I to do now?



I call on a beautiful wish with a moral compass

Bait and switch.



Hide from my psychic derailer,

Drive this car to the sea,

Spend the night as high as I can in a towering hemlock.



But it's no use it can always be found

A creature of habit has no real protection

I'll tell her I leave if she don't settle down

She sees it's a lie on closer inspection

Like everyone else does.



Been rubbing a terrible charm

Holding smoke in my arms

I'm just a simple man, cursed with an honest heart

Watch it go and tear it all apart

(repeat last verse)



Holding smoke in my eyes

I'm just a simple man

Cursed with an honest heart

Why'd she go and tear it all apart?



Then run a terrible charm

Holding smoke in my eyes

I'm just a simple man

Cursed with an honest heart

Why'd she go and tear it all apart?