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You got my lost brother's soul, my dear mother's eyes,
A brown horse's mane, and my uncle's name
You walked me down 14th Street
With a doctor to meet after thoughts of the grave
In the home of the brave and of the weak
But, why'd you have to break all my heart?
Couldn't you have saved a little bit of it?
Why'd you have to break all my heart?
Couldn't you have saved a minor part?
I could have clipped and saved and planted in the garden
Damn you, guess I'll have to get a new one
I'd love to sit and watch you drink,
With the reins to the world, gripping a smoke
Vaguely missing link
Don't ever change, you hungry little bashful hound
I got the sheep, poor little Bo Peep has lost and filed for grounds
But, why'd you have to break all my heart?
Couldn't you have saved a little bit of it?
Why'd you have to break all my heart?
Couldn't you have saved a minor part?
I could have ripped apart and thrown into the river
Wonder if there's hearts that will deliver
Don't ever change, don't ever worry,
Because I'm coming back home tomorrow to 14th Street, where I won't hurry
And where I'll learn how to save, not just borrow
And they'll be rainbows and we will finally know… |
- Little Bo Peep - an eponymous character from a nursery rhyme; Bo Peep is a shepherdess who loses her sheep and receives advice on how to get them back
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- "I love this song because it's the triumphant return, where I'm coming back home, and the unattained lovers who fucked me over in the first half are forgiven and idealized and then put on a shelf as relics."
- The live version of this song, which appears on the I Don't Know What it Is single in the UK, was recorded in 2004 at the Fillmore in San Francisco, California
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