Harry Chapin - Mismatch Lyrics
At first you seemed just like my dreamOf a finer better lifeMuch more than I could ask forIn a lover or a wifeThough I work with my bodyAnd my work makes my hands roughThere are gentle things inside meThat are anything but toughThere are lessons you could teach meThings I do not knowThings I've never done, girlAnd places we could goBut you only wear your tailored suitsFor me to rip and tearAh, can't I hold you quietlyAnd smell your perfumed hair?I saw you as the answerThat I never dared to dreamI saw you as the windowInto a world I'd never seenI saw you as the visionCome to raise me from the mudBut you came to use my sweat to coolThe fever in your bloodI'm not Marlon BrandoOn his motorcycle bikeWhen you call me your animalIt's a name I do not likePlease do not tear my backYes, of course I bleedThe violence you thirst forIs not what I needYour silken skin is armorThat begs for brutal handsBut why can't I be gentleAnd tell you of my plans?I know that you're using meNot I just using youAnd you're not so scaredOf losing me as I losing youAt first you seemed...
