Lyrics Fiona Apple – Left Alone
Text:
You made your major overtures
When you were a sure and orotund mutt
And I was still a dewy petal
Rather than a moribund slut
You packed to twirl your skirt at the palace
It hurt more than it ought to hurt
I went to work to cultivate a callus
Hook:
And now I’m hard, too hard to know
I don’t cry when I’m sad anymore, no no
Tears calcify in my tummy
Fears go inside a bot-tle
How can I ask anyone to love me
When all I do is beg to be left alone?
Oh, when I try to love
I can love the same man in the same bed in the same city
But not in the same room, it’s a pity, but
Oh, it never bothered me before
Not ’til this guy, what a guy, oh God what a good guy
And I can’t even enjoy him
Hook
How can I ask anyone to love me
When all I do is beg to be left
When all I do is beg to be left
When all I do is beg to be left alone
Alone, alone
My ills are reticulate
My woes are granular
The ants weigh more than the elephants
So, couldn’t we skip the valedictories?
I can see a door there:
Shut it and forget my number
Hook
How can I ask anyone to love me
When all I do is beg to be left
When all I do is beg to be left
When all I do is beg to be left alone
