Lyrics Aimee Mann – Backfire

I’ve got some cookies from our junk food run
And here’s a couple beers so
Let’s go create some fun
Supplies are limited and I’m all out

I’m tired
Of having to try
To convince you if I
Go along with you it all will
Backfire
I know you had plans
Your intentions were grand
But it’s out of my hands
And it isn’t the way I pictured it
Either

Well things felt weird but you said that’s alright
That it was not a problem
And we could just sit tight
And when you said that I was sure I cringed
‘Cause you had no suspicion
That I had come unhinged

Or just tired—
I cannot say which
But there’s always a hitch
That will cause the whole thing to
Backfire
I know you had plans
Your intentions were grand
But it’s out of my hands now

It’s out of my hands now

I know you’d like to be the St. Bernard
Who rushes to the rescue
When there’s an avalanche
But in my panic I may pull too hard
And the novice lifeguard
Gets rushed off in the ambulance

I’m tired
I cannot seem to
Get a message to you
That the rescue you planned has just
Backfired
I know you had plans
Your intentions were grand
But it’s out of my hands now

It’s out of my hands now

And it isn’t the way I pictured it
Either…