Knowing Such Things - Tim Barry

Your shit talk ain’t got

A thing on what my old friends say.

Hey I heard you got that message,

How they’d drop us a ten.

But I don’t care much

About making new starts

With old motherfuckers

Who ain’t got no heart.

You can’t catch up,

And I can’t keep going,

And I ain’t heard you do nothing

But bite your tail end.

Hey you remember that time

When we split all that money,

And I shook your hand twice,

And you wouldn’t look me in the eye?

And I (na na na na na)

I’m not sure that I care to watch the end

And I (na na na na na)

I didn’t trust you from that moment of sin.

You dig?

Yeah, this van’s got four wheels

But that engine don’t run right.

You can’t find pocket change

Stuffed in the seat cushions.

Laid out in the back

You can’t hear things right,

But in the front you wouldn’t believe

The things that they’re saying.

Yeah, them stories they change

And sometimes get quite int’resting

When tossed around so many times

You can’t find an end.

They don’t even sound

Like the days they were.

The real memories?

Yeah,

They’re fucking obscured.

And I (na na na na na)

I’m not sure that I can laugh at such sins

And I (na na na na na)

We keep some close for knowing such things

D’you dig?

Yeah, I got to be honest.

I’m not sure that I ever liked you,

But I was good at pretending

If I pretend to pretend.

You see if you can have freight trains or sparks

And the river gives plenty

And it only goes dry

When nothing goes in.

You ever think about that before

All nail biting at night,

Scratching for clarity,

Reliving old times?

Hey man, nothing is nothing

Too much thought means more.

Constant traffic jams

Of nothing at home.

And I (na na na na na)

I’m not sure that I care to watch the end

And I (na na na na na)

I didn’t trust you from the beginning sin

You dig?