Simpleton Galore

Everything I glimpse and see Was everything that I could be But I hid it deep within myself The biggest lie I told to me Is we're entitled to our dreams But the price is steep in and of itself I wanted to stop ya before you leave But my lungs were cold and I couldn't scream Electroshock and therapy Nothing would bring you back to me I guess this was never meant to be Just liquor stores and tabs for me Cuz I'm the simpleton galore Always wanting something more Me and God are keeping the score I remember when you broke with me I went and buried that diamond ring In a dresser drawer all by itself I remember months of urgent pleas To forget that past and forgive me But all my calls went on a shelf I buried myself then in a band Had a string of one night stands Trying to get back what I had lost But everything it has a cost I turned my life into a catacomb I was better off all alone Because I'm the Simpleton Galore Always wanting something more Me and God are keeping score Of this I'm certain My sins they tore the curtain For the umpteenth I plead and pray But God just rolls his eyes and decides to get liquored up again If you told me how my life played out I'd raise an eyebrow in earnest doubt But then everything would make sense to me Now that we are at the end We'd all love to begin again And fix the faults that hurt ourselves Gray hair and defining lines They all come from those better times Of when we bragged about ourselves But no one listened no one helped And of all the big hypocrisies The one that really bothers me is that Cuz I'm the Simpleton Galore Always wanting something more Me and God are keeping score Maybe someday our skin will touch again Cuz I'm the simpleton galore Always wanting something more Me and God are keeping the score