Modest Mouse - Sweater Lyrics
It Was Like This In 1999It Was Like This In 1874It Was Like This When You Were A ChildIt Was Like This When I Was A Whore, WellThere Were Massive Troops On The Back Of The IslesThey Were Saying Those Things, They Were All In DenialThey Were Talkin About Their Own FrontLet Me Tell It Like, It Smelled Like Shit And TheyAnd Theyre Eatin Popcorn Out Of A DishTheyre Sayin "i Wish, I Wish, I Wish"I Was There In 1999, I Was Left And I Left My Old Self BehindStill Livin But You Know Im Not DenyingSaid What I Said, And I Said ThisIn 1918 Things Were Better When I Was Nothin But A SweaterNow Im Born Again As Another ManIm Livin On This In This Foreign LandI Used To Be Andora, Angora Fleece, Isnt No Sound And I Eat In PeaceAnd Noone Knew, And Noone Cared, And You Didnt Know Whether You Wanted To DareIts Not What You Were Thinkin Them And As Your Resurrection Breathed Out CinnamonAnd I Was Not To Be ConfusedAnd Then In 1882 They Still Sold It To Those *****sThings Have Been Goin Wrong Since The BeginningAnd Noone Was Loosin And Noone Was WinningThey Just *****ed Each Other UpAnd In 1999 I Was In A Park In ChicagoOh That Was NiceHe Was Like A Father And He Know What He Was Sayin And WaitIm Not Talkin About This BullshitAnd I Went To Talk To The More Italian Boys Who Hung Out ThereThey Said That They Would Rather See Me Dead Or At Least Not KeptAnd They Broke My Jaw And I Was Left To ThawAnd I Walked Away And I Called My Mom And SaidHell Yeah It Sucked Yeah I Loved It Break My Jaw Now!You Hang On You Hang OnYou Got Your Rent On And You Were Just Sayin UhhOne Thing You Remembered You Were Never Even Once Bein CleaverThen You Were, When Sleepin, You Were Sleepin When Their Sayin When There Was A Phone YeahMistakes Were Made And I Ended Up In FloridaThings Were Not Right I Didnt Care ThoughWhat Ya Do, And What Ya Become, Either Way Ya End Up All DumbThats All Right With Me Now, Thats All Right With Me Now 1-2 1-2 Me WithThe Troops They Were Massing On The Porch, They Wanted To Be The Only ThornAnd In The Court Of The Goff Goff Senate I Hear Things Are Better And Noones Really TougherAnd Your Talkin Loud And Your Talkin Proud In Your Trumpet Now.. Ohhhhhhhh Shit!Well Ya Said Then, What Ya Meant Then, What Ya Did Then, Was Ya Wanna Have SexAnd You Did Not Do, You Could Not Do, Ya Could Not Pull Out But Ya Tried ToThen Ya Said Well I Dont Need, I Dont Need To Wear Myself A Bikini Today!It Brings Me To The Embarassment, I Was Sittin On A Raft In Pond SedimentAnd They Said Hell Yeah, Oh Hell Yeah, You Looked ***** For Shit But You Were Drunk You Didnt CareWell What Were You Thinkin[isaac (after Song):] So If Anyones Recording This Show, If I Could Have A Copy Of That... Uhmmm Cause Its The Only Time Ill Ever Hear That Either...
