I woke up alarmed
I didn't know where I was at first
Just that I woke up in your arms
And almost immediately I felt sorry
'Cause I didn't think this would happen again
No matter what I could do or say
Just that I didn't think this would happen again
With or without my best intentions
And whatever happened to a boyfriend
The kind of guy who tries to win you over?
And whatever happened to a boyfriend
The kind of guy who makes love 'cause he's in it?

And I want a boyfriend
I want a boyfriend
I want all that stupid old shit like letters and sodas
Letters and sodas

You got up out of bed
You said you had a lot of work to do
But I heard the rest in your head
And almost immediately I felt sorry
'Cause I didn't think this would happen again
No matter what I could do or say
Just that I didn't think this would happen again
With or without my best intentions

And I want a boyfriend
I want a boyfriend
I want all that stupid old shit like letters and sodas
Letters and sodas

I can feel it in my bones
I'm gonna spend another year alone
It's fuck and run, fuck and run
Even when I was seventeen
Fuck and run, fuck and run
Even when I was twelve

You almost felt bad
You said that I should call you up
But I knew much better than that
And almost immediately I felt sorry
'Cause I didn't think this would happen again
No matter what I could do or say
Just that I didn't think this would happen again
Without or without my best intentions

I can feel it in my bones
I'm gonna spend my whole life alone
It's fuck and run, fuck and run
Even when I was seventeen
Fuck and run, fuck and run
Even when I was twelve


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    Sorry, I think most of you (evidently females) have it backward: it's more about her (or a female character) than about the guy(s). "I didn't know where I was at first" can only speak of her more-or-less random hook-ups, not something with a guy she's seen many times. She is regretting her pattern of empty sexual entanglements. Basically, she is some sort of sex addict, who recognizes that her behavior is destructive, but gets emotionally weak and repeats a bad pattern.

    As to the suggestion that all guys are like this, a different perspective might be that a guy who is likely to provide "letters and sodas" is probably not going to be too interested in a woman who does this sort of thing (or if he is interested, it will only be for this sort of thing, even if he is open to 'real' relationships with other women).

    Now I'm regretably not too familiar with Exile on Main Street, so I'll admit that it bears further examination for this topic.

    NAwlinsContrarianon May 13, 2009   Link

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