the breakup artist

i made love to you
on first avenue
the next thing i knew
you were leaning into
another girl who

was prettier than me
did you think i didn't see

you made love to me
in the time in-between
your former ex-queen
and the next one you meet
i get what you mean
when you said on the street

it's hopeless you see
for a bad girl like me

and maybe i'm bad
but you're ugly
and i can't believe
you don't see it my way
i'm still sad
you don't love me
and it's hard to breathe
when you push me away again

i saw you last week
on broadway and bleeker
there was color in your cheek
you look like you're eating
you look good to me
why am i so defeated

now you're out of harm's way
it was smart you retreated

and maybe i'm bad
but you're ugly
and i can't believe
you don't see it my way
i'm still sad
you don't love me
and it's hard to breathe
when you push me away again

and again

and maybe i'm bad
but you're ugly
and i can't believe
you don't see it my way
i'm still sad
you don't love me
and it's hard to breathe
when you push me away again

and again

and again again
again again
again again again

and again
and again
and again

and maybe i'm bad
but you're ugly

ugly

grab me by the hips my baby
and make me yours
your tongue across my lips you taste me
as you take me on the floor

breakup music's playing somewhere
but this time it's not for me
some other girl is crying out there
in here we got eternity

and i know
that tomorrow
you will go
back to your wife
but tonight
lemme borrow
little time
that you're
mine all mine alright
'cuz you're
mine all mine alright

you only come when it's convenient
you say you're out there with the boys
but let me let you in on a secret
she already knows she has no choice

breakup music's playing somewhere
but this time it's not for me
some other girl is crying out there
in here we got eternity

and i know
that tomorrow
you will go
back to your wife
but tonight
lemme borrow
little time
that you're
mine all mine alright
'cuz you're
mine all mine alright
'cuz you're
mine all mine tonight

mine all mine

ghost on the highway
ghost on the wind
the devil’s driving my way
again

i thought i lost him in reno
thought i could finally forget
i lost him at the casino
like a bet

and every one of these oncoming headlights
is flickering your name
but i will always miss you just the same

i left my girl on the highway
i know i’m going to hell 
she tried to jump out of my way
but she fell

i drove her county to county
i drove her state to state
finally i drove her away

and every one of these oncoming headlights
is flickering your name
but i will always miss you just the same

they always love you
they always love you
they always love you
till they don’t
they always love you
they always love you
they always love you
you’re the ghost

and every one of these oncoming headlights
is flickering your name
but i will always miss you just the same

they always love you
they always love you
they always love you
till they don’t
they always love you
they always love you
of course we love you
you’re the ghost

the ghost

the ghost

you play the girl
and i’ll play the handsome young man
who stands beside you
any way he can

now i’m the girl
and you’ll be the train on the tracks
you run me over
and you don’t look back

oh i guess the time
to fuck around
and find out
is gone 

oh it isn’t right
to hold me tight
then hit the light
and move on

oh it’s a shame
it’s a shame
oh what a shame
it’s a crying shame

now i’m the sun
that’s hanging in the western sky
you’ll be the daughter
of rocky mountain high 

oh it’s just not fair
to say you care
then leave me there
all alone

oh it’s a shame
it’s a shame
oh what a shame
it’s a crying shame

oh it’s a shame
it’s a shame
oh what a shame
it’s a crying shame

777 you play the girl

if you wanted something different
shoulda made a different plan
but if you wanna see the best inside me baby

here i am
here i am
here i am

when you picture love familiar
and as easy as can be
lemme ask you just one question pretty baby

is it me
is it me
is it me

i don't know about tomorrow
i don't know if i'll be here
all i know is that i won't be ruled by
won't be fueled by fear

i need a little understanding
and some patience now and then
but if you're thinking about leaving oh my darling

tell me when
tell me when
tell me when

i don't know about tomorrow
i don't know if i'll be here
all i know is that i won't be ruled by
won't be fueled by fear

your love is like bad medicine
your love is like bad medicine

so you can take me you can leave me
honey i don't give a damn
lemme know when you've decided
(you know where to find me)

here i am
here i am
here i am

here i am

where is all the loving feeling that you promised 
i’m standing here with nothin if i’m being honest with you

what did i do

it was an addiction having you beside me
living in a fiction tryin to divide me in two

what do i do

what was i thinking blinded by devotion
deeper i was sinking far into the ocean of you

what will i do

even in the darkness know we had each other
forever i am hanging in your hall of lovers anew

nothing to do
nothing to do
nothing to do

it’s just a sign of the times

hall of lovers

yeah yeah yeah
just a little more time
yeah yeah yeah
just a little more time

if i never see your face it'll be too soon
sick of skipping round and around in someone else's rental shoes
looking for a way to cure these walking blues
no matter what you say i said i bet we both could use
just a little more time
to heal these wounds and take them off display
now the moods we choose are new and not from yesterday
and if i hear your voice too soon it'll be too late
and you say

yeah yeah yeah
just a little more time
yeah yeah yeah
just a little more

time is flying by i cry a million tears
driving through the night another sleepless year
i gave it all away i knew for you my dear
and you said

yeah yeah yeah
just a little more time
yeah yeah yeah
just a little more time

if i never see your face it'll be too soon
pick a different fall from grace i won't
play along with you
no more

yeah yeah yeah
just a little more time
yeah yeah yeah
just a little more

time is flying by i cry a million tears
driving through the night another sleepless year
i gave it all away i knew for you my dear

yeah yeah yeah
just a little more time
yeah yeah yeah
just a little more time

yeah yeah yeah

don't go playing the love game with my heart
don't go playing the love game with my heart

can't believe you would leave me in the dark
can't you see that you're breaking me apart

i know you know i've loved you since way back when
do you think we can love like that again

is it all just a losing game to you
is there anything i'll ever do

you write the scene i'll act the part
don't go playing the love game with my heart

your cruelty becomes an art
don't go playing the love game with my heart

the fire burns away the sparks
don't go playing the love game with my heart

don't go playing the love game with my heart
don't go playing the love game with my heart

don't go playing the love game with my heart
don't go playing don't go playing

don't go playing the love game with my heart
don't go playing don't go playing

don't go playing the love game with my heart
don't go playing don't go playing

don't go playing the love game with my heart
don't go playing don't go playing

don't go playing
don't go playing
don't go playing
with my heart

the love game

i expect my heart will always be a little broken
it's been a year or two since we've even spoken
i know it's over now

you tell me i'm too little you tell me i'm too much
but that don't change the crazy way my body's craving your touch
i swear you've got me all wrong

and if you knew
anything about me
you'd see
that we're not through
till you
say i'm sorry
say i'm sorry
say i'm sorry

you say you can't love me cuz i'm trying to get famous
and when i don't get lucky i'll inevitably blame us
and you did what you had to do

but if you knew
anything about me
you'd see
that we're not through
till you
say i'm sorry
say i'm sorry
say i'm sorry

you said i wanted to get famous
and when i didn't i would blame us
so you did what you had to do

but we're not through
till you
say i'm sorry
say i'm sorry
say i'm sorry
say i'm sorry
say i'm sorry
say i'm sorry

the breakup artist

joanie & the chasers