I've had a few people come up to me and tell me this song is about them. I can only assume they mean that it's about them in that they share my point of view, because really it's not a very nice song to have directed at you. Anyway, it's cool when I write something other people can relate to.
br />On a completely unrelated note, I really apologize for the extremely contrived use of the phrase "biggest perk" to get a cheap rhyme. I don't know why I thought that was OK. I was young and I lived in Ohio. (Is that an excuse?)
convenient
why don't you cry about it? always works, i will do anything to fix
lie about it, biggest perk, i am walking benefit of doubt
you want so badly for me to feel the same way you do now and
i know, i know what it is to love to be in someone's presence
and later hate their guts for it
but also, i know what i am to you
don't think i can't see right through your kindness, too
convenient is my middle name
so take me out to dinner, i will be touched by the gesture and forget
if i had a problem; do you ever feel like you are in
another country speaking french, and every now and then you think of
something that's in english, but it doesn't last for long
so yeah let's play another couple hands and talk about the hazards of drinking
but i won't actually do any, i don't want to be off my balance with you, 'cause
i know what our friendship means
i know just how much help a willing ride can be
i already know what you're gonna say, so, you don't have to tell me, see?
convenient is my middle name
so tell me what has happened, in your own words, in your own words, i wanna know
what you think this means to me, and all it doesn't mean to you when you say
hey what happened happened, and the past is in the past
even five minutes ago--hey, ain't that why it's called five minutes ago?
when you said baby would you
keep quiet for just five minutes so i can turn it around so i am the victim
keep quiet for just five minutes so i can make it that we always were at war with
east asia, and always were allied with eurasia, and your nature
baby makes it easier for me
but i know what i am to you
don't think i can't see right through your kindness, too
convenient is my middle name
i will keep quiet so you can have the satisfaction--
knowing that this has ended politely--
so you can go home and fake admit to your mommy
she was right about me, see
i know what i am to you
don't think i can't see right through your kindness, too
i know everything, i know everything that i do for you, see
convenient is my middle name
copyright rorie kelly 2004
