2000 - The Good Things in Life - ASKLP103 / 104 (LPs) & ASKCD102 (cd) - VINYL JAPAN

Patient

Stand by my man

Patient

Love is like lobotomy

I lose my mind when he’s close to me

I search for words that might impress him

Intellectually undress him

But he is like a cardiogram

He sees my heart for what I am

And he looks so bored, cynical,

Handsome, smart and clinical

If he plays doctor I’ll be patient with him

If he plays doctor I’ll be patient

So long suffering

His conversation is like surgery

He uses words to open me

And his hands are steady and precise

A surgeon’s hands can be so nice

I am like a casualty

I trust expert authority

And he must be right, he’s so assured

That comes from being so adored

Stand by my man

Why should stand by my man?

Well I thought that I love him, thought that I cared

Maybe I’m weak, maybe I’m scared

I’m not afraid of running away

I can be a hero now

I got a black and purple heart

I can be a hero now

I got a black and purple heart

I can be a hero now

Why should stand by my man?

Well he’s got legs of his own

and he’s not the only lonely boy in the world

Why should I live another day

and give it all away to him

What’s he done for anyone but himself?

Nothing I know

Don’t rely on me, my love, on this friend

Don’t depend