[00:13.937]You keep your jealousy and your snide remarks to yourself
[00:18.221]You know that I'm not seeing anyone else
[00:21.643]You just keep your ear down to the ground
[00:25.196]Yell your head off if you hear a sound
[00:28.487]Here's a whistle, and a badge and a phone
[00:31.857]You can arrest me if I'm not at home
[00:35.253]And if I don't keep my word I swear
[00:37.499]I'll keep away
[00:40.399]
[00:49.254]Here's some books and a puzzle by Escher
[00:52.337]Here's Shakespeare's Measure For Measure
[00:55.837]Here's a balloon, a rubber band and a bag
[00:59.259]Why don't you blow them up if you think you've been had
[01:02.733]Here's a castle, a paper dragon and a moat
[01:06.208]An earring, a toothbrush and a cloak
[01:09.630]And if I don't keep my word I swear
[01:12.268]I'll keep away
[01:15.742]I swear I'll keep away, from all we've ever done
[01:18.956]I'll keep away the good times, I'll keep away the fun
[01:22.404]I swear I'll join the army, or maybe the marines
[01:25.773]I'll start to wear designer suits and put away my jeans
[01:29.143]I swear that I'll keep away, from all my old-time friends
[01:32.565]I'll throw away my records, I'll try to make amends
[01:35.935]I swear I'll give up gambling, and playing with the rent
[01:39.383]I'll give up food and drinking, I'll give up a life ill-spent
[01:43.720]
[01:50.120]Here's a yardstick you can measure me by
[01:53.254]Here's a coupon, maybe there's something you want to buy
[01:56.467]Here's a bandaid in case you cut your feet
[02:00.203]Here's a rubber mallet you can use on your front teeth
[02:03.442]Here's a gun no one uses anymore
[02:06.838]And a bracelet made of some inexpensive ore
[02:10.704]And if I don't keep my word
[02:12.820]You won't see me anymore
[02:17.052]I swear I'll keep away, from dignity and pride
[02:20.317]I'll keep away from abstracts, I'll keep it all inside
[02:23.661]Well, I'll just wrap me up in butter, and melt me on a shelf
[02:27.057]I'll fry in my own juices, I'll become somebody else
[02:30.427]Well, I'll just swear to keep away, from everything that's good
[02:33.796]I'll lie down in the gutter, where I really should
[02:37.218]I swear I'll light a candle, to every modern foe
[02:40.640]I swear I'll close the book on this, and not see you anymore
[02:43.644]'cause I just got to get away