The Advantage Of Getting There First EP

1. Maisy, You’re Going To Get Burned (I Don’t Want To Tell You That I Told You So)

Maisy, don’t you climb up there
If you fall you’ll lose your hair
Listen to me if you know what’s good for you
But I know that you’ll do what you’re gonna do

Baby, you need to let it go
Cause I don’t want to tell you that I told you so

The dials on the range control the flames
But you’re playing like it’s just a game
So when it gets too hot it’ll be your turn
Maisy, you’re going to get burned

Baby, you need to let it go
Cause I don’t want to tell you that I told you so

2. Did Your Mom Hang Up When She Heard It Was You?

Did your mom hang up when she heard it was you?
You ran off to marry and told precious few
It’s true that she yelled, and that’s why you flew
So did she hang up when she heard it was you?

When Daddy was home, he was always drinkin
And then he’d pass out, of alcohol reekin
So you sat in your room and you started to thinkin
About Daddy and how he was always drinkin

You met her in a bar, in the corner a-cryin
Her friend had been shot, she said she was dyin
You didn’t care, because you were just tryin
To make her dig you and stop all this cryin

So you ran off to Vegas, to a serial wedding
What concerned you the most was the motel’s bedding
You didn’t know into what you were heading
After this honeymoon stay and a $30 wedding

Did your mom hang up when she heard it was you?
You ran off to marry and told precious few
Now Hollywood’s calling and there’s none but you
So did she hang up when she heard it was you?

3. See You In Budapest

Thanks for your Budapest card
I know that the language is hard
I hope that the soccer news is good

You say there’s no way you’ll leave
That you’re stuck in pornography
You’re lucky that bed still holds your weight

In a room of piano keys
Five flowers for dignity
We’re just hours from finding our way home

I’ll see you in Budapest

4. We’re Through

Listen to the crazy widow
Screaming at the floor
Waste away her only savings
At the grocery store

Her husband was a good mechanic
He earned a decent pay
Until the day his brain exploded
He quietly died away

Listen to me, I’m trying to see
How we can find a way
To get it all right, right here tonight
So we don’t have to say
We’re through

Darling give me understanding
Into your flawed logic
Your arguments are cheap and petty
I’ll never let you win

And don’t tell me how much you love me
Your heart is made of stone
But you’re the only woman I know
I’ll never leave you alone

Listen to me, I’m trying to see
How we can find a way
To get it all right, right here tonight
So we don’t have to say
We’re through

-ooooouuuugh!

5. Medicate

Why do you always spit up on me?
I thought you’d have stopped that by now
You’re 20 years old, but you’re going on three
So step up and take your bow
Make your mother so proud

Why do you always walk off on me
When I have something to say to you?
You get in your car and drive ludicrous speeds
Your chances are so few
Your face is turning blue

I wanted to know you
I wanted to care
So take off your shoes
I’ll hold back your hair

Why do I always get angry at you?
You can’t even speak anymore
You drink all our whisk(e)y and bourbon, too
So what am I standing here for
While you’re lying down on the floor?