it's one of my favorites
I can see why....
(
rod stewart / martin quittenton)
I had nothing to do
(like you could sit still for a minute) on this hot afternoon
(you're hot every afternoon)
But to settle down and write you a line
(hand me a line is more like it)
Ive been meaning to phone you but from minnesota
(like you'd be caught dead in Minnesota)
Hell its been a very long time
(I love when you talk dirty)
You wear it well
A little old fashioned but thats all right
(did you just call me old?)
Well I suppose youre thinking I bet hes sinking
Or he wouldnt get in touch with me
(I shouldn't comment on anything that has touching involved)
Oh I aint begging or losing my head
(you look like you're losing your head in your avatar)
I sure do want you to know that you wear it well
There aint a lady in the land so fine
(who you calling a lady?)
Remember them basement parties
(I told you not to discuss that in public), your brothers karate
The all day rock and roll shows
Them homesick blues and radical views
(radical views??? You call a few hundred polls on the CB radical views???)
Havent left a mark on you,
(what about the hickey?) you wear it well
A little out of time but I dont mind
(just cantw8, can you?)
But I aint forgetting that you were once mine
But I blew it without even tryin
Now Im eatin my heart out
Tryin to get a letter through
(nothing a small, furry, unidentified animal won't cure)
Since youve been gone its hard to carry on
Im gonna write about the birthday gown that I bought in town
(I must have missed that because I'm sure I would have remembered that!)
When you sat down and cried on the stairs
(as if)
You knew it did not cost the earth, but for what its worth
(who the heck talks like this?)
You made me feel a millionaire and you wear it well
Madame onassis got nothing on you
(great, she's dead)
Anyway, my coffees cold and Im getting told
That I gotta get back to work
(wow, it's like you have ESPn)
So when the sun goes low and youre home all alone
Think of me and try not to laugh
(nearly impossible) and I wear it well
I dont object if you call collect
(whoa, just settle down there)
cos I aint forgetting that you were once mine
But I blew it without even tryin
Now Im eatin my heart out tryin to get back to you
After all the years I hope its the same address
(stalker)
Since youve been gone its hard to carry on