Why'd I Ever Set My Sights On You?

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lyrics

Well it's Sunday night nobody's in the place
Two people sitting staring face to face
And everything about 'em just looks dead
Finally he clears his throat and then he says
Well I don't think I wanna anymore
This is not what I signed up for
I'm still waitin' for rainbows and unicorns
But all I've got is grey skies and scorn
Now you're very beautiful
But I don't know what you want at all
And I'm kinda tired of tryin' to figure it out
And you've gotten awful mean
There's too much antipathy and I can't stand seein' that pout
I'm not happy
You're not happy
Why am I so blue
And why'd I ever set my sights on you?
Well coming from you all that is pretty rich
Makin' me out to be some kind of bitch
When you're the reason why I feel so bad
Someday you'll see I'm the best you ever had
Well I thought you were gonna be
All romance and chivalry
But it clearly hasn't panned out that way
I've been waitin' for you to fill my cup
Waitin' and hopin' that you'll man up and maybe even shave
I'm not happy
You're not happy
Why am I so blue
And why'd I ever set my sights on you?
Maybe I should've been a little more kind
Maybe I should've given you time to unwind
Give it some space and this fence may mend
Maybe some day we'll be friends
I'm not happy
You're not happy
Why are we so blue
Somethin's missing
I'm just sayin'
Glad you feel it too
Oh why'd I ever set my
Shouldn't have ever set my
Why I'd ever set my sights on you
And we're singin' la la la la la la la la la

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from Actionslacks, released October 2, 2012
produced by Actionslacks; recorded by Ian Pellicci at Tiny Telephone, SF; additional lead vocals by Jeny Nicholson; mixed by J. Robbins

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