When she said “Don’t waste your words, they’re just lies” I cried she was deaf And she worked on my face until breaking my eyes An' said, “What else you got left?” Yeah, it was then that I got up to leave But she said, “Don’t forget Everybody must give something back For something they get” I stood there and hummed I tapped on her drum I asked her "How come?" And she buttoned her boot And straightened her suit Then she said, “Don’t get cute” So I forced my hands in my pockets And felt with my thumbs And gallantly handed her My very last piece of gum She threw me outside I stood in the dirt where everyone walked And after finding out I’d Forgotten my shirt I went back and knocked I waited in the hallway, she went to get it And I tried to make sense Out of that picture of you in your wheelchair That leaned up against Her Jamaican rum And when she did come, I asked her for some She said, “No, dear” I said, “Your words aren’t clear You’d better spit out your gum” She screamed 'til her face got so red Then she fell on the floor And I covered her up and then Thought I’d go look through her drawer And when I was through I filled up my shoe And brought it to you And you, you took me in You loved me then You never wasted time And I, I never took much I never asked for your crutch Now don’t ask for mine
[00:24.06]When she said [00:25.96]“Don’t waste your words, they’re just lies” [00:29.84]I cried she was deaf [00:36.02]And she worked on my face until breaking my eyes [00:41.34]An' said, “What else you got left?” [00:46.77]Yeah, it was then that I got up to leave [00:50.45]But she said, “Don’t forget [00:55.64]Everybody must give something back [01:00.26]For something they get” [01:05.34]I stood there and hummed [01:09.58]I tapped on her drum I asked her "How come?" [01:17.80]And she buttoned her boot [01:21.04]And straightened her suit [01:23.13]Then she said, “Don’t get cute” [01:28.05]So I forced my hands in my pockets [01:32.73]And felt with my thumbs [01:37.56]And gallantly handed her [01:40.99]My very last piece of gum [01:47.07]She threw me outside [01:51.20]I stood in the dirt where everyone walked [01:59.07]And after finding out I’d [02:02.91]Forgotten my shirt [02:05.00]I went back and knocked [02:10.02]I waited in the hallway, she went to get it [02:14.26]And I tried to make sense [02:19.24]Out of that picture of you in your wheelchair [02:23.92]That leaned up against [02:29.05]Her Jamaican rum [02:33.03]And when she did come, I asked her for some [02:40.80]She said, “No, dear” [02:44.28]I said, “Your words aren’t clear [02:46.33]You’d better spit out your gum” [02:51.90]She screamed 'til her face got so red [02:55.34]Then she fell on the floor [03:00.61]And I covered her up and then [03:03.85]Thought I’d go look through her drawer [03:09.78]And when I was through [03:14.16]I filled up my shoe [03:16.70]And brought it to you [03:21.93]And you, you took me in [03:25.56]You loved me then [03:27.90]You never wasted time [03:33.12]And I, I never took much [03:36.71]I never asked for your crutch [03:39.06]Now don’t ask for mine
