The Steps
LYRICS
[VERSE 1] I’m not small, I say as I wait on the steps You’re just tall and that can’t be helped well I guess You’ll ask me for my apartment number And I’ll buzz you up, to a beautiful blunder [VERSE 2] And I don’t drink coffee, you don’t drink iced tea Our flayed romance pronounced dead on the scene But you didn’t seem to get the message Hung around like a bat or an extra appendage [VERSE 3] And we were always messing around Playing emotional chicken, I lost and you found I wouldn’t mind taking you to New York City We didn’t make plans, but you made sure to kiss me [VERSE 4] Until the night we unraveled our skin Made it clear, it’s just fun, nothing serious and I drove myself home without a second glance from you ‘Course I wouldn’t know, I chose not to turn too [VERSE 5] Now I pace myself on a bottle of wine And let currant affairs take the edge off tonight And you don’t dare ask any of our friends about me Because that kind of weakness might make you start doubting [VERSE 6] And we slide on like soaps, all the days of our lives ‘Til you see me one Sunday, your aunt had just died And I’m wearing red, I look like a crime scene And you make a comment about both our bad timing [INSTRUMENTAL BRIDGE] Ha-ha, Ha-ah-ah Ha-ah, Ha-ah [VERSE 7] I’m not small I say as I wait on the steps You’re just tall and that can’t be helped well I guess You won’t ask me for my apartment number Cuz it’s burned in your mind like you used a hot poker [VERSE 8] And I don’t drink coffee, you don’t drink iced tea Our flayed romance went and rose a zombie But we don’t bother with apprehension The future’s for figuring out, I give you my present