The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
Art Smock
[Title]
Art Smock
[Verse 1]
I want to know what happened to you
I liked you better in your art smock, mocking art rock
Without intention, without design
You said you’d never be fine with being fine, or mine
[Verse 2]
So we went out to see your favorite band
Left when we saw they were bone and skin and 77
And I wanted to be something like you
And nothing like them
[Pre-Chorus]
What you wanted I never knew
I was a mess but so were you
I should have guessed it was going to fall
[Chorus]
To pieces in my hands again
I’m broken where I stand again
I never learn this lesson right
But I want you here
[Verse 3]
You learned to mingle with a well-bred crowd
Straightened your hair and forgot all about
Torn jeans and sweaters from the lost and found
Dropped some pounds and the people that you used to hang around
[Pre-Chorus]
What you wanted I never knew
I was a mess but you turned so cruel
I should have guessed it was going to fall
[Chorus]
To pieces in my hands again
I’m broken where I stand again
I never learn this lesson right
When I spent the night it just felt wrong
Like a Felt song, I’m off the throne
And I need you here, and you’re not around
Fell to pieces in my hands again
I’m broken where I stand again
I never learn this lesson right
But I want you here