Shawn Colvin Object Of My Affection
Jump into the night Gas up and downshift Cruise up the coast On the FM drift It's a crazy world On the head of a pin Some other time Some other star I might've cried but now You only need to look so far As the smile on my face To see the shape I'm in Try love in a bottle Try love in a box Play it all night long Dance 'til you drop And it sure got soul It's not flesh and blood I tried looking for love But I guess it's true You don't look for love It's gonna look for you Well you found me, honey And you sound so good You're the object Of my affection Not a dream Or make believe You're the object Of my affection Come to me Now we see the women In the photograph Sweet Anne of mercy And Sylvia Plath For a thousand words They for a life sentence If we lined up all the girls Who died in vain We could walk on their heads To hell and back again But I got the big book And antidepressants You're the object Of my affection Not a phantom fantasy You're the object Of my affection Come to me You're the object Of my affection Not a toy with batteries You're the object Of my affection Not a rescue remedy You're the object Of my affection Come to me