It was August and I had a ton of problems A well dressed bum with empty pockets And to be honest I don't know how I got there One thing just led to the next They say everything that you do in this life there's a heaven or hell That you make for yourself and man I've learned that again and again Thought my ship had sailed I drank myself senseless Said I was fine, but I never meant it Then you came to save me Girl I don't know just how I can thank you
We'll lay on the couch all day long With the steel band music on the record player And god only knows what I could have done To deserve you when I'm such a screw up
Commitment I've never been much for I'm so irresponsible I could win awards And sometimes I won't call for days I get so spun out I forget my own name But as the sun filters in through the cheap bamboo curtains we hung up with tacks I leave you to sleep while I go in and heat frozen pizza for breakfast Well I got so lost I barely could think I'd close down the bars I'd wander the street Then you came to save me Girl I don't know just how I can thank you
We'll lay on the couch all day long With the Louis Prima on the record player And god only knows what I could have done To deserve you girl when I'm such a screw up