Jack's Mannequin: "Last Straw" Lyrics

I heard that you went out last night 

And you looked beautiful just like a bat 

Beneath the moonlight

I stayed home took a Vicodin.. 

Sometimes it's all that I can do 

When I think about the president, 

How did he become the president? 

And I stayed awake for a day or two 

I thought about the world.. 

Drank gin and watched the news 

And there are some things I'll never understand 

Why a country needs a God 

And a woman needs a man 

And you never write me letters 

And you never sent my sweaters 

So I could stay warm when I was without you 

Without you I don't sleep 

Just dream 

And I scratch these words into a black notebook 

I wrote your name on top I knew you'd never look 

And I tried my best to fight the atmosphere 

To think the happy thoughts 

That leave the phone lines clear 

I see Arizona stars from here 

But Peter Pan is miles away 

And you never write me letters 

And you never sent my sweaters 

So I could stay warm when I was without you 

Without you I don't have 

A place that's safe from all the monsters 

That hide in my head and sing me to sleep (sleep) 

This is the last straw 

"This is the last straw" she said 

And I won't wait for you forever 

While you run around like JFK 

You watched that poor girl 

Waste the best years of her life 

And I'll be damned if I am going out 

I will not go out that way 

And you never write me letters 

And you never sent my sweaters 

So you could stay warm when I was gone 

Without you I don't have 

A place that's safe from all the monsters 

That hide in my head and keep me 'til dawn 

And I think this is the last straw.