Paperback Novelty - Down for the Count

open your weary eyes to the world and finally see

all that i can do is look at you and hope i don’t collapse

from the aching pains and saturdays of lifelessness

you know you’ve got a lot to give but only when you see it through

yeah, the jobless, heartless wonder with the powdered lips

you’ve got a lot of nerve coming back

if i wrote a book, then you’d be the hook that draws my readers in

the story i’ll tell is sure to sell like a paperback novelty

start running, you can make it through the back door

what’s this?

your eyes are looking red and you can’t stop shaking your head as

if you’re hiding something

watch me as i decide your future with a simple choice of words and a stab to

the front

yeah, the jobless, heartless wonder with the powdered lips

you’ve got a lot of nerve

if i wrote a book, then you’d be the hook that draws my readers in

the story i’ll tell is sure to sell like a paperback novelty

is the smoke in your lungs quite enough to make you feel like royalty?

because when the match burns out, you will have nothing left to hold you up

then i’ll be there to clean up your mess

if i wrote a book, then you’d be the hook that draws my readers in

the story i’ll tell is sure to sell like a paperback novelty