there are things in my wallet i will never use im the fifty first member of a god awful group connected by rain they said were all the same but i dont know i dont know if theyre telling the truth like a field of rice ive grown out of view an olympian came to fill the shoes you knew oh he could reach the sockets that i could never twist so now you can cross me off that goddamn list cause theres always that someone wholl be easier on your eyes so forget the politics of living alone and just dance till the morning light i saw you in the background the other day on a television to some story grey you sat on the steps of the new court house spinning that wheel you said youd show me how you chased me through the carriage on a train but i reached the next one before you came and i pulled out the pin between yours and mine i kept going you got left behind cause theres always that someone wholl be easier on your eyes so forget the politics of living alone and just dance till the morning light i heard you were looking for a man to lead well i can tell you that im not the one you need im always three steps behind the dance and the time so if i can t change for you i won t change for me oh as stubborn as it is as stubborn as i am i can tell you that there is no pearl in this clam oh a diamond maybe i stole it see but it was only to try and get you home with me when theres always that someone wholl be easier on your eyes so forget the politics of living alone and just dance till the morning light