An Idiot's End

I don't have to say a thing She knows exactly what I want And anytime I feel like this What we have goes out for lunch She looks at me like a gun cocked And I'm afraid to turn my back For fear of being locked She leans forward for me to see That the lights of her majesty She's tempting me with a razorblades But time is money at a penny arcade And there's forgiving in the shadows And the birds that are afraid of being laid The court jester holds up a light bulb and says All that is made is made to decay To know her is to love her And I love her, but I don't know her To know her is to love her And I love her, but I don't know her I feel for a place to sit Things always go on this way I'm lost for a little bit 'Til I come up with something to say Then I'll go on and on About rat skulls in her lawn I'll not specifically gonna mention names Her and I know were just a shame She knows I'm here And she readily rebukes her sister She treats me with a sudden respect Suddenly she calls me 'Mister' But just as soon, I soon forget And start poking around in the trash Talking myself into outer space And watching the reactions on her face To know her is to love her And I love her, but I don't know her To know her is to love her And I love her, but I don't know her The picture of her sitting there Being her on that chair I can only say as much as I please But not as much as I dare Where is the little girl who fell in love with me The girl who fell in love with a satellite That little girl has moved out now But the satellite still comes around Most every other night I think my interest bleeds a heart Of a dead dog Lying in her yard I could catch her standing naked I could catch her cold I could catch her breath and bottle it But I could never catch her off guard And I go there nowadays It's like visiting a sinking ship And I'm a man overboard And she won't throw me a lifeline Symbolically represented by her lips Yes, to know her is to love her And I love her, but I don't know her To know her is to love her And I love her, but I don't know her No no no noo --- An Idiot's End - Daniel Johnston