I sit two stories above the street,
It's awful quiet here since love fell asleep,
There's life down below me though;
The kids are walking home from school.

Some long ago when we were taught
That for whatever kind of puzzle you got
You just stick the right formula in;
solution for every fool.

I remember the time when I came so close to you,
Sent me skipping my class [bad word] from school.
And I bought you that ring cause I never was cool.
What makes me think I could start clean slated?
The hardest to learn was the [bad word] 

Oh I'll just sit up in the house and resist
And not be seen until I cease to exist.
kind of conscientious objection.
kind of dodging the draft.

boy and girl are holding hands on the street,
And I don't want to but I think "You just wait.
It's more than just eye to eye,
Learn the things I could never apply."

I remember the time when I came so close with you,
I let everything go it seemed the only [bad word] 
And I bought you that ring, it seemed the thing to do.

What makes me think I could start clean slated?
The hardest to learn was the [bad word] 
So what makes me think I could start clean slated?
The hardest to learn was the [bad word] 

I'm just a mirror of a mirror myself;
All the things that I do.
And the next time I fall, I'm gonna have to recall
"It isn't love, it's only something new..."

I sit two stories above the street.
It's awful quiet here since love fell asleep,
There's life down below me though;
The kids are walking home from school.

And I remember the time when I came so close with you,
Sent me skipping my class [bad word] from school.
And I bought you that ring cause I never was cool.

What makes me think I could start clean slated?
The hardest to learn was the [bad word] 
So what makes me think I could start clean slated?
The hardest to learn was the [bad word]