Veronica Lodge
what a petty homage
to the Kierkegaard dark of your politician's haircut
We're in the same class
not of the same cloth
Ecclesiastes asked what the meaning was
I couldn't answer that
but I am pretty sure
I've written this song before
I'm in a weird headspace tonight

Veronica Lodge
I wanna pin your corsage
just a couple more bucks and I can take you outright
I used to write songs about God more
but here's another line about the clothes you wore
and how they made me feel
insert another veiled reference to Riverdale
or Cherry Blossom's bust
we raise the quality cup
I don't need to get drunk
I'm in a weird headspace tonight

I got confirmation
of my station
I can hear em lodge
complaints against the way I love
cause I creep them off
I wish I was special issues cost twice the cover

I know my mother's always scared that a french girl
will tear me up and out
in her towns down south
I know she's right
but bait me and I'll bite
we'll get beat up together

Veronica Lake
for your new name's sake
we gotta scare your hair black and keep the cameras rolling
Our silver starlets
drown down in nitrate
I carry you around on photographic plates
leaving you to tell me how the salt tastes
I'm in a weird headspace

And in the moment I almost meant it
I followed your striped dress out of the market
yellow and white outside of the church steps
the leaves hadn't quite fallen yet
It was still summer and I was a french kid
I shook the pastor's hand, I was born again
I put your name down on my speed-dial
but memorized it like a verse from the Bible
Such a springtime
I had to run more
I had ugly skin and morning chores
I lost my nickname at the break up but
a couple L's is always more than enough
Outside the church steps yellow and white blur
another market place, another winter
you barely meant it and that's how I learned
how fast we and the seasons turn
oh yes
how fast we and the seasons turn
oh no
how fast we and the seasons turn

Buster Keaton's father beat him
but he was on stage
so we all applaud
I swear to God
that's how you break a leg
that's how the show goes on

I need a little more time

Cause Ryan I'm sorry
for the things that I've done with your mind and your body
the people I've made you spend time with
it's mindless
you deserve more than I give
you were a good kid
and now you're unhealthy, oh help me
it's helpless
I don't wanna write this
did I steal your first kiss?
am I reaching back and attacking your goodness?
stop wanting to be me
cause I feel guilty
I miss you
I'm trying
I'm trying
I'm Ryan