Great Minds

You let the candle burn down
You were pretending to read
And the table caught fire
You ran out in the street
And watched Daddy
Put it out through the bedroom window

My room was your room
When he was mean to you
I didn't kick and you didn't snore
Kept the door bolted
Pillow over your head
And the dog watching out
From the foot of the bed

I got out of that house
As fast as I could
Daddy signed the papers
Like you knew that he would
And you taught me to talk to trees
And that spit'll get the blood stains
Out of your sheets

I wanted to grow up to be just like you
It never was an option though
You say you see yourself in me
Sometimes great minds think differently
Great minds think differently

Back then Penn Station was really no joke
I got off the train in your fur coat
I had a mattress on the floor
Next to a toy piano

Sending money home
And making late night calls
Getting all dressed up
Like a porcelain doll
Just a wallflower
On the company dime
Well come on
You know I say that to all of the guys

I used to tell you that there was a book in your head
So I started writing down everything that you said
Lay your stealth portrait out at your feet
And it's the last thing on Earth that you wanted from me

I wanted to grow up to be just like you
It never was an option though
You say you see yourself in me
Sometimes great minds think differently
Great minds think differently

You said understanding me
Is like a full time job
I pepper you with questions while we're out for a walk
I still neatly fit inside your shadow

You said: Blow out the candles
And make a wish
If there's anything you want
That I haven't given you yet
You always kept me on the edge of my pen
And I kept you waiting for me to say when

I wanted to grow up to be just like you
It never was an option though
You say you see yourself in me
Sometimes great minds think differently
Great minds think differently

I wanted to grow up
I wanted to grow up
I wanted to grow up
I wanted to grow up
I wanted to grow up
I wanted to grow up
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I wanted to grow up
I wanted to grow up
I wanted to grow up
I wanted to grow up
I wanted to grow up
I wanted to grow up
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