Self-defense Lyrics by Paul Westerberg

Self-defense Lyrics

    Cheekbones and hormones
    Your only self-defense
    Lying through dinner
    And your rock and roll teeth again
    You've harbored a coward
    Fed him full of broth
    This nocturnal sadness
    Leave you pale as this tablecloth
    Careful don't you spill your dinner
    That would be a good defense
    Then you wouldn't have to sit here
    On the fence

    Cheekbones and hormones
    He's the accidental man
    Tell you in a stage whisper
    About the boy who cried benefit
    As the poet drags the darkness
    Within him to the light
    It's only in self-defense
    That they drag you out into the night
    Careful don't you spill your dinner
    That would be your best defense
    Careful what you wish for

    An idiot and a genius
    Standing up to dine
    Breaking manmade laws
    Cause i only follow those that are divine
    And only when you're chased
    Do you ever run fast
    And it's wrong to commit a suicide
    It's only in self-defense

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