Evergreen

There are pictures in the ashtray There are dead leaves in the driveway And what more can I say But things have been better on the couches On the couches trapped in plastic Lemon yellow, speedball frantic And the TV's trapped in static I told you I was no quitter And oh, evergreen What does it mean to have been so erratic And oh, in between How does it seem to stay so pale and tragic But it doesn't really matter in the end Let's pretend Let's pretend Let's pretend Let's pretend Too much shine, not enough glitter Pull no punches, you heavy hitter Must confess I'm getting bitter When I think of what might have been When we lose, you always find me And I used to know a kind me I wish I could just rewind me To the time before this nameless sin And oh, evergreen What does it mean to have been so substandard And oh, in between How does it seem to have your will so slandered But it doesn't really matter in the end Let's pretend Let's pretend Let's pretend Let's pretend And oh, evergreen What did you mean when you said I was clever And oh, in between How can it seem like always but mean never And oh, evergreen Well, it's a bitch that life has ways of lying And oh, in between It's just the facts that find new ways of flying But it doesn't really matter in the end Let's pretend Let's pretend Let's pretend Let's pretend Let's pretend Let's pretend Let's pretend Let's pretend But it doesn't really matter in the end