Watercolors

I would have meant it if I'd said it

but I didn't think to say it at the time

And you never really said it

with your mouth,

and only one time with your eyes

And you would get it if you get it

'cause I know that you're the type

who gets it when they get it

and they always get it right

I hate that type

Now I am sitting in your bed

in your bedroom with my new homework machine

I am playing with your cat

with bits of string

and I am waiting patiently

You are out with a woman

at exhibits about people like me

I don't get it

Because you don't like art

you just buy and sell

and you wouldn't give it up

if you were getting it

well, so I brought this on myself

I can't say I disagree

you take that woman to exhibits

about people like me

I am at home

with my watercolors

filling in my life

with you, my life without

I am at home with my watercolors

while you are out

I would have meant it if I'd said it

but I didn't think to say it and I'm shy

so I hid inside my tee shirt

and I looked the other way

when you walked by

I gathered up my things

and I dusted off my bike

and I found a quiet place

where I could sit and I could write

and I wrote this

And you would get it if you get it

'cause I know that you're the type

who gets it when they get it

and they never have to write it on paper

not on paper

but you never got it, never!

not to tell you the truth

because you show up to my shows

and think I'm singing about you

when I'm not

I don't get it

'Cause you don't like art

you just buy, buy, sell

and you wouldn't give it up

if you were getting it

well, so I brought this on myself

I can't say I disagree

you bring that woman to my concert

and she tells you that she likes me

I am at home

with my watercolors

filling in my life

with you, my life without

I am at home with my watercolors

while you are out

All my friends and the issues that we face

you want to stick us in a box

put us in our place

or maybe hang us on a wall

then leave me out to dry

was I too much of a freak

or was I just too much alive

I am at home

with my watercolors

filling in my life

with you, my life without

I am at home with my watercolors

blotting it out