My Stripes - Marsh

Well pick yourself up Before you come Pick yourself up Before it's too long Well I said pick yourself up Well pick yourself up before Before you come Before it's too long

My life is so boring It's really got me snoring And I'm wearing out the flooring in a cheap motel But I don't have to work And I might be sinning But I never gonna have to hear the rings of school bells Well, don't you remember You told me in december That a boy is not a man until he makes a stand Well, I'm not a genius But maybe you'll remember this I never said I ever wanted to be a man I get nervous when she comes around Oh, when she comes around Oh, when she comes around I get nervous when she comes around Oh, when she comes around Oh, when she comes around I get nervous when she comes around Oh, when she comes around Oh, when she comes around I get nervous when she comes around Oh, when she comes around Oh, when she comes around Hey My mom is so caring She really got me staring At all the crazy little things she does for sure And I can't seem to think of Another kind of love that a boy could ever get from anyone but her I get nervous when she comes around Oh, when she comes around Oh, when she comes around I get nervous when she comes around Oh, when she comes around Oh, when she comes around I get nervous when she comes around Oh, when she comes around Oh, when she comes around I get nervous when she comes around Oh, when she comes around Oh, when she comes around

Well, we're back in school again And I don't really know anyone I really wanna be your friend 'Cause I don't really know anyone And the bus is pullin' up to your house I wish you could be sitting here next to me I didn't see you at summer school But I saw you at the corner store And I don't wanna break the rules 'Cause I've broken them all before But every time I see you I wonder why I don't break a couple rules so that you'll notice me Sister, do you know my name? I've heard it before but I wanna know I got a funny feeling that it's gonna work out 'Cause now I see you sitting here next to me

She was sixteen and six feet tall In a crowd of teenagers coming out of the zoo She stumbled, started to slip and fall Teeter-tottered on the top of patent leather shoes I happened to catch her and said "Maybe these ruby shoes are a little cumbersome for you" Maybe for you, now But not as shaky as I must have seemed Talking junk through her giggle little teenage dream And on the phone I could not compete My dumb luck fake confidence was getting weak For a sec', I thought I sounded sweet But sure enough in a gruff, faint voice I heard myself speak I could stay a while, but sooner or later I'll break your smile And I can tell a joke, but one of these days, I'm bound to choke And we could share a kiss But I feel like I can't go through with this And I bet we could build a home But I know the right thing for me to do Is to leave you alone Leave you alone, now I'm beginning to like you So you probably won't get what I'm going to do I'm walkin' away from you, it probably don't make much sense to you But I'm trying to save you from all of The things that I'll probably say or do I'll probably do, now I could stay a while, but sooner or later I'll break your smile And I can tell a joke, but one of these days, I'm bound to choke And we might share a kiss But I feel like I can't go through with this And I bet we could build a home But I know the right thing for me to do Is to leave you alone Leave you alone, now You'll probably call me a fool And say I'm doing exactly what a coward would do And I'm beginning to like you It's a shame, what a lame way to live but what can I do I hope you appreciate what I do I'm a martyr for my love for you A martyr for my love for you A martyr for my love for you A martyr for my love for you