this is your new thing now naked as a rose everything exposed but not quite this is your new thing now cards out on the table a genius with no label but not quite not quite god i swear it s good to be back home waiting for the newest rolling stone all the other girls are still at war the best and worst of 1994 sometimes i see the half and not the whole sometimes i see the face and not the soul sometimes i think this place has no part for anyone who ever had a heart this is your new thing now and it looks so good in print just a poet and her pimps but not quite this is your new thing now a prom dress and a sneer the woman of the year but not quite not quite gee it s good to see a dream come true people smile and bless all over you mixing up those latest junkie isms and all the pretty terms of religion and don t you love the leader of the band equal parts butthead and peter pan all the other kids are sad again a legend s not a legend til it ends this is your new thing now and it makes the whole world spin it s as least as old as sin but not quite this is your new thing now and now you re turning grinning but maybe no one s listening and you might lose it all my darling yes you might  this is your new thing now and it feels so good to doubt you i could almost live without you but not quite not quite not quite not quite