Story Behind The Song

i'm the guy he's singing about

Song Description

when you find you've done everything you can to impress the woman of your dreams, and it still isn't enough, sometimes you just gotta hand it over to the guy with more money, more friends, and better game.

Lyrics

He's got those shabby chic houses in the sun
and everybody wants one
he's gotta get the last word in on everyone
and everybody loves him
and yeah he's got the ways and the means
of getting to your heart
of getting down under your skin
and while it's true i paid my dues
i roll on over for him

he's gonna know what you wanna hear everytime
and how he's gotta say it
he's gonna know how to make your nonsense rhyme
and how he should play it
and baby yeah it's nothing that it seems
but he's made it such an art
he's getting down under your skin
and while it's true i've paid my dues
i roll on over for him

i roll on over because i've tried and failed
i know it's over but it's hard to make the bail
so i sit inside this prison yeah i sit in here and i listen
to his lies and i envision what my life might be like

he's gonna try to slip between the cracks if he can
and you're gonna let him
he's gonna try to cover up his tracks in the sand
don't want to upset him
and yeah he's playing off all your dreams
but you can't wait to start and do it all over again
and while it's true i paid my dues
i roll on over for him