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[Intro]
Am
Are you frightened by the weight you possess or
C
Is this life just weightlessness
G
Smoggy twilight in A
G/F#
I can't think of one real thing to say
Am
And you and me are walking in the canyons
C
She forgets that we were friends
G
I guess it all depends on your mood
G/F# G
Why can't these meds be any damn good
[Verse 1]
(And she said)
Am
Why can't you be
C
Like my waterpik shower massager
G G/F#
A sweet reliable machine
Am
And to tell the truth I don't feel less alone
C G
A water massager's the purest love I've ever known
[Verse 2]
Am
Why can't you be
C G
Like when I was 13 (and I said)
Am
Why can't you be
C
Like an art house foreign movie
G G/F#
Frank and sexy, red balloons and ennui
And aloof to me
Am
And why can't you be
C
A little more of a mystery
[Chorus]
G
Why can't you be
Am
The part of me that's missing
C
Instead of leaving me for some other
G
Said we're perfect for each other
F Am
And I know we won't spend this life, alone. (and she said)
[Verse 3]
Am
Why can't you be
C
Like an out sourced government contract
G G/F#
I'm a fat cat gettin' away with anything
Am
Kicking some secret special powers
C
Illumination rounds in showers
G
Cause your tearing your hair out
G/F#
While we can have a bed of flowers (and I said)
[Verse 4]
Am
Why can't you be
C
Like the chicks out on the road
G
Some girls are happy just to see me
Am
Because you got moxie and a broken nose
C
You take 'em away from this prose
G
Sometimes a blowjob's not enough
Am
Why can’t you play
C
A little less rough
[Chorus]
G
Why can't you be
Am
The part of me that's missing
C
Instead of leaving me for some other
G
Say we're perfect for each other
F Am G
And I know we wont go spend this life, alone
[Bridge]
F Am/E
Can we...
G
just leave it be
F Am/E G
We could live... our lives... separately
F Am/E
Could you forget... what happens to you
G
To you and me
F Am/E
When we're dead... and we'll be dead
G
We'll have eternity
F Am/E
And I will spend it all... missing you
G
Missing you and me
F Am/E
So while I'm alive...
G
I will always be
F
Seeking you out, diggin' you out,
Am/E
wondering about how'd we go so far down
G
And what's wrong with you, what's wrong with you and me
[Verse 5]
(and she said)
Am
Why can't you be someone
C
Looking deeper into me
G
Like J.D. Salinger
G/F#
Why do I challenge her
Am
In all these surface ways
That you displease
C
Why can't you be
G
A little more at ease, well
[Verse 6]
Am
Why can't you be
C
Like a hand rolled cigarette
I’m not joking
G G/F#
This masochistic self-pity pot smoking
Am
And this city ditty
C
I keep provoking you to leave me
[Outro]
(and she said)
Am
Why can't you be
C
Like a candle I can snuff
G
You’re still a diamond in the rough
G/F#
And I swear to god I've had enough
Am C G
How can I call your bluff?
