I can tell what you're ready to do You got your bags all packed and your face painted blue Your lifeline is a pendulum, swingin' high and low Oh, but now you're three thousand miles from the softest blow
'Cause nothing that I do, can stop her swinging As far as she can, with her ears still ringing Before it's all done, you'll be through with the world I didn't know you were such, a reactionary girl
Her eyes became restless and her mouth got tense She must have been ready to begin a new experience I was waiting for the rain to fall but the clouds just passed on by Now I know I'd only been a fool to try
'Cause nothing that I do, can stop her swinging As far as she can, with her ears still ringing Before it's all done, you'll be through with the world I didn't know you were such, a reactionary girl
Tell her she's lucky Tell her she's liked It's only salt water Keeps her up at night
Well a man loves a woman, that's what we do We make false starts, broken hearts, and try to see it through But now you're riding on your pendulum, immune to us all Well baby, have a bitching summer, see ya next fall 'cause
Nothing that I do, can stop her swinging As far as she can, with her ears still ringing Before it's all done, you'll be through with the world I didn't know you were such A reactionary girl A reactionary girl A reactionary girl