Love and Addiction lyrics

Put on your bad self

Get out your party dress

And fix up your makeup

Try to make a good impression

This is a new world

We're all the same here

Well, maybe not the same

But you know what I mean

I've got everything that you want

I've got everything

And someday I'll be president

And I've got everything that you want

I've got everything

And, honey, are you listening?

Hey, Eliza, now what do you want?

I play piano and I sing like a hummingbird

And oh I forgot that hummingbirds don't sing

It doesn't matter really

You know what I mean

Separate love from addiction

It's not the same

I know

I see desperation pulling my strings

Take out your hairpins

And lift up your party dress

And sit back and listen for the rush of suffering

Hey, Eliza, is this what you want?

Sometimes you compromise to get the things you need

I've got everything that you want

I've got everything

And it's a brand new world, Eliza

I've got everything that you want

I've got everything

Except the single thing you really need

Send away blood and rejection

They isolate

I know I see a generation staring back at me

Wasted away

Wasted my time

This picture you see

Is nothing like the one I want painted of me

Eliza says, "It's alright with me, if you're sure

It wouldn't be the first time

You know it's happened a couple of times before

And I don't even expect much anymore anyway

It's not as if I was waiting for you to come and make it all okay"

Yeah, but your family's gone, Eliza

So won’t you look into my eyes, Eliza?

Shut away to wean blood and rejection

They isolate

I know I see visions of people running over me, yeah

Wasted away

Wasted my time

This picture you see

Is nothing like the one I want painted of me

Put on your bad self

Get out your party dress

And fix up your makeup

Try to make a good impression

• Artist:Counting Crows
• Album:August and Everything After (1993)