Paul Westerberg : Self defense

Lyrics for the Paul Westerberg song "Self defense" from their "Suicaine Gratifaction" album. Feel free to browse the rest of our Paul Westerberg lyrics here, or download the rest of our Suicaine Gratifaction lyrics.

Band: Paul Westerberg
Album: Suicaine Gratifaction
Song: Self defense

Cheekbones and hormones
Your only self-defense
Lying through dinner
And your rock and roll teeth again
You've harbored a coward
Fed him full of broth
This nocturnal sadness
Leave you pale as this tablecloth
Careful don't you spill your dinner
That would be a good defense
Then you wouldn't have to sit here
On the fence

Cheekbones and hormones
He's the accidental man
Tell you in a stage whisper
About the boy who cried benefit
As the poet drags the darkness
Within him to the light
It's only in self-defense
That they drag you out into the night
Careful don't you spill your dinner
That would be your best defense
Careful what you wish for

An idiot and a genius
Standing up to dine
Breaking manmade laws
Cause i only follow those that are divine
And only when you're chased
Do you ever run fast
And it's wrong to commit a suicide
It's only in self-defense