My Best Bet

I know the coolest girl She's my Best Bet She likes to niff and stritch and mlerm And consume, consume She's my Betty I'm living in her cottage And I don't pay rent I know I'm gonna lose her but I won't forget her face Or brindle (Lurchers always lurchin' I swapped her for an old black fucker that was getting me down) Cerberus has been euthanised while Betty lives on defiantly Now there's just one thing I need to shake She's my Best Bet We stared into each other's eyes with full attention For quite some time — our only dialogue affection Oh She's channelling What I need to see: a better me Betty's bettering me But she really belongs with someone else No, it isn't gonna last I've been living that cottage life Dogsitting and making a record Man, it's been a blast We stared into each other's eyes with full attention For quite some time — our only dialogue affection Oh She's channelling What I need to see: a better me To call you 'good girl' is not enough When I respect your freedom of spirit You freak out at my entrance just because You show your love; you do not fear it Reaffirm my long-estranged sense of self And rearrange egotistical values Remind me that love is still something of which I'm capable But whether I love is not something that is debatable I hope that you don't forget or resent me I'll miss you both To call you 'good girl' is not enough When I respect your freedom of spirit You freak out at my entrance just because You show your love; you do not fear it Reaffirm my long-estranged sense of self And rearrange egotistical values Remind me that love is still something of which I'm capable But whether I love is not something that is debatable I hope that you don't forget or resent me I'll miss you both I'll miss you both