D Em
I could do the dishes while talking on the phone
D Em
I could ask you for an answer but you want to be alone
D Em
I could never do the dishes a single dish at a time
D Em
It's too much of a commitment so I line them up and fire
D
I could calamine your insides
Em
I could wind them all around me I could
D Em
Tiptoe on a tightrope made of fear and looking down see
D Em
All the people do they see me I can wave or
D
I can carry all the dishes that they gave me that are
Em
Keeping me steady
A Em F#m
Or I could go to Australia
D Em
Carry a bowie knife
D Em F#m
And wear my hair like Hepburn parted on the side
Em D
And learn card tricks and buy
F#m Em D
Everyone drinks and take boxing and write
F#m Em D
Songs about my bowie knife
F#m Em D Gm
I could do these dishes I could try
Em D
To do these dishes
D
I could try..
D F#m Em
I could bake a cake
A Em D
My kitchen is small but I could clear the space
Eb F#m Em
I could write my name
A Em D
Because practice makes perfect yes that's what they say
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D Em
I could make a button out of plaster
D
That said finished I could hang it in my closet
Em
To the left side of a lightswitch
D Em
I could walk down to Columbus and try drinking to forget it
D Em
and then come home less afraid and then press it and press it
A Em F#m
Or I could go to Australia
D Em
Carry a bowie knife
D Em F#m
And wear my hair like Hepburn parted on the side
Em D
And learn card tricks and buy
F#m Em D
Everyone drinks and take boxing and try
F#m Em D
Eating things only with chopsticks and write
F#m Em D
Songs about my bowie knife
F#m Em D F#m
I could do these dishes I could try
Em D
To do these dishes
F#m Em D
I could decide to do these dishes
I could decide..
A Em F#m
Or I could go to Australia
D
Carry a bowie knife
Em D Em
And wear my hair like Hepburn parted on the side
F#m Em D
And learn card tricks and physics and buy
F#m Em D
Everyone drinks and take boxing and try
F#m Em D
Eating things only with chopsticks and finally
F#m Em D
Be like a person I think you might like
F#m Em D F#m
I could do these dishes I could try
Em D
To do these dishes
F#m Em D
I could decide to do these dishes
F#m Em D
I could decide to do these dishes
Em D
Time to DECIDE...
Fuck it
A Em F#m D
I'm gonna go to Australia
A Em F#m D
I'm gonna go to Australia
A Em F#m D
I'm gonna go to Australia
F#m Em D
She's gonna go to Australia
D A
Bye Bye!
