IT'S JUST ME AND EDIE IN A PAPERBACK SUBLIME
ERASING ALL THE HEADACHES OUTSIDE THIS DOOR OF MINE
SIMPLE FAVORS AND A THANK YOU IN A FRIENDSHIP ARE ALOUD
IT DOESN'T HURT SO MUCH WHEN WORDS ARE DRIVEN IN
IT'S WHEN NOBODY PULLS THEM OUT

I KNOW WHO ALL MY GOOD FRIENDS ARE
EVEN WHEN I'M FEELING BENT
I KNOW WHERE I CAN RUN TO
WHEN THERE'S SICKNESS I MUST VENT

IT'S JUST ME AND EDIE ON A CHILLY SPRINGTIME NIGHT
SO I'LL RESIDE BETWEEN THE PAGES AND ESCAPE WHAT'S ON MY MIND
YOU ASKED ME AM I THAT STUPID BUT WANTED NO REPLY
BLURT OUT TRASH IN CONVERSATIONS WHEN THE SUBCONSCIOUS ARRIVES

YOU'RE NOT MY GIRLFRIEND, MY THERAPIST
I'M NOT A TARGET FOR YOUR MOUTH
I'M NOT SOMEONE
YOU COULDN'T LIVE WITHOUT

NOW IT'S JUST ME, NO MORE PAGES, NO MORE LINES
THE DOORS ARE TRACED ALONG THE BACKGROUND IN MY EAR FROM TIME TO TIME
TEMPORARY SOLACE WHEN ALL I WANT TO DO IS HIDE
THE NEEDLE LEAVES THE RECORD AND WITH IT PEACE OF MIND
TOMORROW LIES THE FUTURE LIKE A WORM ON HOOK AND LINE
THE NEEDLE LEAVES THE RECORD AND WITH IT PEACE OF MIND

I WISH THAT I COULD PICK UP PIECES
AND GET ON WITH MY LIFE
BUT WHEN TROUBLE MAKES A SOUND
I PICK UP MY PEN AND WRITE