I been tuning in for seven long years
Just to rhyme the words to this song
I been noting down all my friends' fears
Knowing that they never last long
You gotta steal the stories
That you see all around you
You gotta have a message
When the poetry surrounds you
I've been listening to other people's jokes
Thinking I'd learn to be funny
I've been singing these same three notes
At least it doesn't cost me any money
You gotta steal the stories
That you see all around you
You gotta have a message
When the poetry surrounds you
You gotta steal the stories
That you see all around you
You gotta have a message
Or the poetry will drown you
I've been waking up much too late to write
Reading all about my favorite authors
I can't really keep getting up so tight
'Til I write a better chorus
(chorus, twice)
I been tuning up for all of these years
Just to learn the notes to this song
