You terrify the land
You are pestle and mortar
Your first love's New Order, mother nature's sun
King of the everglades
Population one
I write poetry for myself
I write poetry for myself

(Oh, baby)

You're a permanent figure of jacked up sorrow
I want you to love me
You send me a coffin of roses
I guess that's the way that things go these days

Take pills, for instance
I heard they're no good for you
I won't and I never will
She said, "I won't and I never will"
"I won't and I never will"
Blue eyes

Oh, baby can't you see, they had it in for me
They had it in for me
"I won't and I never will"
Blue eyes

I sent a message in a bottle to the press
It said, "Don't be ashamed or disgusted with yourselves"
"Don't be ashamed or disgusted with yourselves"
I thumb through the books on your shelves
I've thumbed through the books on your shelves

Blue eyes