Outside the cafe by the cracker factory you were practisin' a magic trick And my thoughts got rude as you talked and chewed On the last of your pick and mix
Said you're mistaken if you're thinkin' that I haven't been caught cold before as you bit into your strawberry lace And then a flip in your attention in the form of a gobstopper Is all you have left and it was goin' to waste
Your past times consisted of the strange and twisted and deranged And I love that little game you had called cryin' lightnin' And how you like to aggravate the ice-cream man on rainy afternoons
The next time that I caught my own reflection It was on its way to meet you thinkin' of excuses to postpone You never look like yourself from the side but your profile could not hide The fact you knew I was approachin' your throne
With folded arms you occupy the bench like toothache Saw them, puff your chest out like you never lost a war And though I try so not to suffer the indignity of a reaction There was no cracks to grasp or gaps to claw
And your past times consisted of the strange and twisted and deranged And I hate that little game you had called cryin' lightnin' And how you like to aggravate the icky man on rainy afternoons Uninvitin' but not half as impossible as everyone assumes You are cryin' lightnin'
Your past-times, consisted of the strange And twisted and deranged And I hate that little game you had called