Ben Selkow

Lyrics

I was gonna write a love song I promise I was,
but I’d just be blowing smoke like Thomas the Train does.
So “choo-choo” your heart out all you piranhas,
I’m all about awkward silences.
With this doggone cell-phone making me forget things.
I keep forgetting so I pick it up when it rings.

“Bee” stands for phone bill ‘cuz the way that it stings.
I’d trade a week of food for a month of text messaging.
Why would you vie for a guy like me?
I try and I try, but I can’t break free
From the songs in my head that affect me so deep
I crawl into bed, but I can’t fall asleep.
And I love every note every song that I wrote
But I wouldn’t be so broke if I wrote like the Strokes…
I’m mad at my folks I ran out of jokes.
Now I’m stuck in the spokes of the cycle I broke. (So)

You should fall for a man just a little,
Give a call to a man just a little,
I know you’re better off with a man just a little less…me.

Yeah, I love my mom and I’m a mama’s boy. Back when I used to rock corduroys.
She would tell me something and I get annoyed.
Play every angle like a trapezoid.

But nobody loves me like my mama does. That’ll always be the truth, cause it always was.
Because of the love from my God above,
I’m guaranteed one hug when I need some love.

Like when you leave me cause I’m gone too much.
Cause I’m always hung up on this music stuff.
Cause it’s just not enough just to be in love.
Cause my hearts still crushed by the way I grew up.

See I never knew love and I nearly threw up
Every time the sad man in the van drove up.
I used to hide my head in the sand, you know what?
My tears dried up, but my head is still stuck.

You should fall for a man just a little,
Give a call to a man just a little,
I know you’re better off with a man just a little less me.

Be a wife with a man just a little…
Get a life with a man just a little…
I know you’ll be all right with a man just a little less me.

Me.

I know I can’t write like John Lennon did.
My ex-friends doubt if I’m even talented.
They say God’s got me weighed out in the balances
Cause I take all the little kids allowances.
And I make them buy a T-shirt, hat, or iTune.
Maybe if I run into someone I knew
From back in the day like from my high school,
Maybe for a minute they might think that I’m cool.
But the truth of the matter is I’ll always be a geek.
I feel insecure right now as I speak.
I only give love compensating cuz I’m bleak..
I only act tough compensating cuz I’m weak.

Well, I can’t be the only mad man who’s a mess.
I can’t be the only glad man who’s depressed.
I can’t be the only bad man who’s been blessed
And has a rap band to get that off my chest.

So – you should fall for a man just a little,
Give a call to a man just a little,
I know you’re better off with a man just a little less than me.

Fall in love with a man just a little,
Give it up to a man just a little,
I know you’re good enough with a man just a little less me.

If you can make me cry just a little,
Make me laugh and smile just a little,
Maybe I can try and be a little less me.