Alternative Girlfriend

Written by Stephen Duffy & Steven Page
Performed by Barenaked Ladies
Lyrics transcribed by Matthew Kelleigh

You're in an all girl band
Your futon's second hand
Your parents understand, but you don't care
I have a job in a shop
I'm an undercover cop
I make sure the customers aren't thieves

Old at being young
Young at being old
Everything's on hold within our evolution

You're my alternative girlfriend
I love you, and now you cannot pretend
There's nothing left that won't cross over

Last night we slept on the lawn
You woke up and I was gone
Back to the dream I dreamed to leave
My life with her is a bore
A worn-out metaphor
No more surprises up its sleeve

We're old at being young
Young at being old
Everything's been sold to others' revolutions

You're my alternative girlfriend
I love you, and now you cannot pretend
There's nothing left that won't cross over

You live above your dad's four-car garage
with your vinyl and imaginary entourage
If I pull up in a U-Haul pack up quick
so we can get out of this town cause it makes me sick.

CHORUS A:: You're gonna know, I didn't mean it
It was the last thing on my mind,
How can you love two people at the same time?
Now, I don't wanna lose you,
But I can't give him up.
CHORUS B:: I know it's unconventional,
Radical, but practical,
Why can't the three of us live together?
It's a culture shock, but it's the only hope we've got
Tell me: why can't the three of us live together?

If I could go back and undo it,
If I had a time machine,
I'd make it unhappen, like a bad dream.

CHORUS A:: Honey, you gotta know, ...
CHORUS B:: I know it's ...

You're not taking this too well,
It's out of the question, I can tell,
It's not gonna work, is it?

CHORUS B:: I know it's ...

Howard A. Landman / LandmH@taec.com

Last updated 1997 August 18