Lyrics
There's no reason to be bored when,
Expressing that there's no need to be bored when
A face like yours is adored by all men.
Highlighting admiration for the person's face by all men
Your making up for lost time,
Suggesting the person is making up for lost time
And your best ideas were mine.
Claiming authorship of the person's best ideas
At the age of twenty-seven,
Noting a realization of emptiness in the bed at age 27
You realized your bed was empty.
Expressing a desire for a child, despite the focus on the person's face
A child is what I need but your face is all I see.
Observing that the speaker sees the person's face despite the desire for a child
Those bruises don't betray any violence on my part,
Denying any violence despite visible bruises
You've taken my possessions and your dressing like a tart,
Accusing the person of taking possessions and dressing provocatively
But it's miserable and sluttish to be acting like I do in front of you.
Acknowledging the speaker's own inappropriate behavior
No matter how you try you'll never be as cheap as me,
Asserting that the person will never be as morally compromised as the speaker
When people have got no one else they can always sleep with me,
Claiming availability for those who have no one else
And no one else could be a better friend to you than me.
Stating that no one else could be a better friend than the speaker
It's not love it just smells like it,
Emphasizing that the relationship is not love but merely resembles it
The scent of summer is so exciting.
Highlighting the excitement in the scent of summer
No matter how you brush your teeth,
Noting the persistence of a smell despite efforts to mask it
I can still smell the nicotine.
Referring to the lingering smell of nicotine
And there's no face I'd rather kiss than,
Expressing a preference for kissing the person's smiling face
Your sweet face, oh when it's smiling.
Describing affection for the person's smiling face
I loved you until you were bedded,
Recalling love for the person until they were bedded
And our parents still talk of a wedding.
Mentioning ongoing discussion of a wedding by parents
Those bruises don't betray any violence on my part,
Denying violence despite visible bruises (repeated)
You've taken my possessions, we're both dressed up like tarts,
Accusing the person of taking possessions and both dressing provocatively (repeated)
But it's miserable and sluttish to be acting like I do in front of you.
Acknowledging inappropriate behavior in front of the person (repeated)
No matter how you try you'll never be as cheap as me,
Asserting that the person will never be as morally compromised as the speaker (repeated)
When people have got no one else they can always sleep with me,
Claiming availability for those who have no one else (repeated)
And no one else could be a better friend to you than me.
Stating that no one else could be a better friend than the speaker (repeated)
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