Why Can’t You Be chords by
Kimya Dawson
Third Eye Blind

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Verse 1

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Are you frightened by the

weight you possess or

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Is this life just weightlessness

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And smoggy twilight in LA

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I can't think of one real thing to say

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And you and me are

out walking in the canyons

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She forgets that we were friends

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I guess it all depends on your mood

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Why can't these meds be

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any damn good

Verse 2

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And she said

Why can't you be

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Like my waterpik shower massager

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A sweet reliable machine

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And to tell the truth I don't feel less alone

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My water massagers the purest

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love I've ever known

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Why can't you be

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Like when I was 13

Verse 3

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And I said,

Why can't you be

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Like an art house foreign movie

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Frank and sexy, red balloons and ennui

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And aloof to me, yeah

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And why can't you be

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A little more of a mystery

Verse 4

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Why can't you be

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The part of me that's missing

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Instead of leaving me for some other

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Say we're perfect for each other

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And I know we won't

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spend our lives alone

Verse 5

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And she said,

Why can't you be

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Like an outsourced government contract

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I'm a fat cat gettin' away

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with anything

Kicking some secret spe

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cial powers

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Illumination rounds in showers

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Cause your tearing your hair out

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While we can have a bed of flowers

Verse 6

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And I said,

Why can't you be

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Like the chicks out on the road

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Some girls are happy just to see me

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'Cause you got moxie

and a broken nose

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You take them away from

this prose

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Sometimes a blowjob's not enough

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Why can't you play

Verse 7

A little less rough

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Why can't you be

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The part of me that's missing

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Instead of leaving me for some other

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Say we're perfect for each other

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And I know we won't go spend

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this life alone

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Verse 8

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Can we

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just leave it be

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We ccould live

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our lives

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separately

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Could you forget

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what happens to you

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To you and me

Verse 9

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When we're dead

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and we'll be dead

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We'll have eternity

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And I will spend it all

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missing you

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Seeing you and me

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So while I'm alive

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I will always be

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Seeking you out

Digging you out

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Wondering about

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how it goes so far down

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and what's wrong with you

wrong with you and me

Verse 10

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And she said,

Why can't you be

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Someone lookin' deeper into me

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Like JD Salinger

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Why do I challenge her

In all these surface ways

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That you displease

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Why can't you be

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A little more at ease

Verse 11

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Well,

Why can't you be

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Like a hand rolled cigarette

I'm not joking

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This masochistic self- pity of smoking

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And this city ditty

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I keep provoking you to leave me

Verse 12

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And she said,

Why can't you be

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Like a candle I can snuff

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You're still a diamond

in the rough

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And I swear to god I've had enough

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How can I

call your bluff?

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