Marie Frank

I'm just a symptom of my time
just a victim of my mind
Turning deaf and dumb and blind
cause I need to
I'm inescapably obsessed
with the thoughts I
have repressed
How I look when
I'm undressed to receive you
Why do you think your love could
ever change me
Why
you don't know anything about me
baby
Should I wax or should I shave
be a master or a slave
Would a good girl misbehave
like I plan to
Do I smile or do I pout
turn the collar in or out
It's the little things that count
baby can't you see that I
I just can't take it anymore
I need to find
some kind of light behind the door
And it
gets me down yes it
gets me down
Everybody's got it right
but me somehow
And it gets me down
spins my head around
Life really should be easier by now
I read another magazine
see the star I've never been
Hope is something in between
all the pages So
I buy a promise in a jar
I try to cover up the scars
There's no shelter from the storm
when it rages
I've tried so long and hard and
nothing changes
God must be laughing
as he turns away And it
gets me down yes it
gets me down
Everybody's got it right but
me somehow
And it gets me down
spins my head around
Life really should be easier
for me by now
And it
gets me down
spins my head around
Life really should be easier by now

I
I just can't take it anymore
I need to find
some kind of light behind the door

I'm just a symptom of my time
I'm just a symptom of my time
I'm just a symptom of my time
I'm just a symptom of my time

Has the whole world gone blind
Wearing only bottle caps on their eyes
Happily indifferent and all smiles
For everyone involved
Has the whole world gone deaf
Could it be the hearing aid went dead

Wouldn't know a symphony from a chair
Don't they know that excellence is right here

'Cause I know that I am worth it
Seated in expensive chairs, with millionaires and stuff
'Cause I know that I'm worth it

Is the whole world asleep
Snoring through the miracle at its feet
Oblivious to beauty and unkind to all the things I do
Must I take to extremes giving up my hopes and my dreams

'Cause they don't know a symphony from a chair
Don't they know that excellence is right here

I know that Im worth it
Seated in expensive chairs, with millionaires and stuff
'Cause I know that I'm worth it
Dress me up in ruby robes and golden hopes for all
I know that I am worth it

And I can make everyone better meals
Than they ever had, and it's so sad
That they all seem to prefer jellybeans
I know that I am worth it and I can make everyone better meals
And it's so sad that they all seem to prefer jellybeans

I know that I am worth it
Seated in expensive chairs, with millionaires and stuff
'Cause I know that I'm worth it
Dress me up in ruby robes and golden hopes for all
Know that I'm worth it
Think of me as a leading light, a star too bright to fall

Every single day
I go about my business
Set in my own little ways
Until my heart gangs up on me
And when the bomb goes off
And all the fire bells they ring as I run for the door

It is far too late
I know there is no escape

Love is gonna hit you where it hurts
Still it's all that you want now

Hearts might hesitate
They give an inch but they're dragged for a mile through the mud
But they still get up and claim their innocence
But still the trap has snapped
And when they turn only to find
There is no turning back

They will cut their teeth
On every tender leash

Love is gonna hit you where it hurts
Still it's all that you want now

But no one is safe from harm
In somebody else's arms
Tonight

Better synchronize our stories
Before we get together
A single word could be enough to change the weather

All your dirty little secrets
Might just wreck her little plans
Don't wanna pull the rug out
She'd never understand

Those sleazy things we never speak of
The highest mountain peak of
Big big big BIG LOVE
Your melodrama is quite a show
But she won't watch this episode of
Big big big BIG LOVE

You said she found my letters
I don't remember what I wrote
But she could probably tell it to me quote by quote
After years of undercover
We mix and mingle, act so free
Now it's just a matter of rewriting history

Those sleazy things we never speak of
The highest mountain peak of
Big big big BIG LOVE
It bites you like a tiny bug
The elephant beneath your rug
That big big big BIG LOVE

Love is what you wanted
Love is what you called it

Hear no, speak no, she don't see
Your problem with monogamy
And big big big BIG LOVE
Tales are tall, and time is short
I'm not your first or last resort
For big big big BIG LOVE

We all pretend it isn't there
But it's always poking out somewhere
That big big big BIG LOVE

Those sleazy things we never speak of
The highest mountain peak of
Big big big BIG LOVE

When its could outside, you can bundle up real warm.
When its cold inside, theres no shelter from the storm.
Id be better off here, on my own.
Cause when you chill like this, it makes me shiver to the bone.

Tell me, dont you wanna try?
Tell me, is it March or mid-July?

Cause I, I dont wanna waste away another frozen day when summers burning.
Im not gonna fret another season of regret, my leaves are turning.
Who told you?

In the blazing sun, I read it in your hand.
Oh, and the moon was hanging low, we made love in the sand.

Now show me, if you wanna try.
Show me, or could this be goodbye

Cause I, Im not gonna waste away another frozen day when summers burning.
Im not gonna fret another season of regret, my leaves are turning.
Who told you?
Who told you?
Who told you?
Who told you?

Tell me, dont you wanna try?
Come on, show me, or could this be goodbye?

Cause I, Im not gonna waste away another frozen day when summers burning.
Im not gonna fret another season of regret, my world is turning.
Who told you?
Who told you?

Cause Im not gonna freeze away another frozen day my fires burning.
Who told you?
Who told you?
Who told you?
Who told you?
Dont you wanna try?
Dont you wanna try?
Dont you wanna try?
Dont you wanna try?

Verse 1:
I'm just a symptom of my time,
just a victim of my mind
Turning deaf and dump and blind 'cause I need to
I'm inescapably obsessed
with the thoughts I have repressed
How I look when I'm undressed to receive you

Verse 2:
Why... do you think your love could ever change me?
Why...? you don't know anything about me baby

Verse 1:

Should I wax or should I shave,
be a master or a slave
Would a good girl misbehave like I plan to
Do I smile or do I pout,
turn the collar in or out
It's the little things that count, baby can't you see that

Verse 2:

I... I just can't take it anymore
I need to find some kind of light behind the door

Chorus:
And it... gets me down, yes it gets me down
Everybody's got it right but me somehow
And it... gets me down, spins my head around
Life really should be easier by now

Verse 1:

I read another magazine,
see the star I've never been
Hope is something in between all the pages
So... I buy a little promise in a jar,
I try to cover up the scars
There's no shelter from the storm when it rages

Verse 2:

I've tried so long and hard and nothing changes
(I...) God must be laughing as he turns away

Chorus:

And ... gets me down, yes it gets me down
Everybody's got it right but me somehow
And it... gets me down, spins my head around
Life really should be easier for me by now
And it... gets me down, spins my head around
Life really should be easier by now

Verse 2:

I... I just can't take it anymore
I need to find... some kind of light behind the door

Verse 1:

Da da da da...

I'm just a symptom of my time
I'm just a symptom of my time
I'm just a symptom of my time
I'm just a symptom of my time