Lyrics

AGREEING LIKE THAT

Our meeting was fruitful
Though a little too long
We talked for three hours
Sipping coffee that wasn?t too strong

The café had bookshelves
Filled with old Gore Vidal
We agreed we disliked him
Historical novels and all

CHORUS:
But I don?t wanna go on agreeing like that
All of this high-minded, well meaning-chat
I don?t wanna go on agreeing like that
I?d rather be fighting that bored
Agreeing like that?

We criticized movies
We hadn?t yet seen
And bitched about movies stars?
Riches as we ate ice cream

We sighed about money
And not having enough
We then proudly split the lunch bill
In our enlightened love

CHORUS

I wanna be cantankerous
And difficult
With someone not so ironically detached
From the world
I wanna be uneasy,
Immature, maybe sleazy
And not some bionically matched
Boy and girl

CHORUS

Got up from the table
Went our separate ways
But I was still hungry
So hungry for many long days?

Music and Lyrics by Peter Saltzman
©2003 Peter Saltzman