Song Description
Song about suspicion and frustration with a cheating girlfriend
| Song Length |
6:24 |
Genre |
Pop - Alternative, Pop - Rock |
| Tempo |
Medium (111 - 130) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Sociable, Troubled |
Subject |
Worry, Breaking Up |
| Similar Artists |
Barenaked Ladies, Matchbox Twenty |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
Attention
By Bancroft (2001)
Verse
I wear my black shoes out at night.
When I go out we usually get tossed up and torn out into a fight.
Somebody?s tally-wally knockers are coming after me.
And I don?t wanna see.
Talk of why not to leave but not ever why to stay.
Only on the telephone line will everything be alright.
I can?t be your everything, and be your second rate lover.
Chorus
The bridge has come to troubled waters.
Plus words are everything to me.
Why can?t you see my time is ending here.
So why do I bother?
But I think I will stay anyway.
Verse
Sorry if I?m not intellectual enough for you
Because I don?t drink my coffee for fun, or for the creamy taste of it.
I might be a jerk to you, but I guarantee
You?re twice the jerk to me.
Talk of all the philosophy in what you don?t wanna see.
Only when you?re right next to me will everything be alright.
I can?t be your everything, and be your second rate lover.
Refrain
I want attention, only attention.
Why is it that I don?t get none from you?
I want attention, only attention.
Will somebody please give me some?
Chorus
Verse
Watch out! I see she did it again.
A drunken night and a willing friend.
Only when you?re right next to me will everything be alright.
I can?t be your everything and be your second rate lover.
Chorus