Girlfriend Songtext
von Walter Becker

Alone in my cave
With cornflakes and Campbell′s
And the long restless shadows of my life

Nothing but the brave
Jim Beam and Jack Daniels
Channel hopping these empty days and nights
Glued to my screen
Rerun by rerun
In the dark outer limits of my zone

Stranded between
Green echoes of my good intentions
And the twilight zone of zero self-control


So come on angel
Tune in on me
To see your faithful servant
Lost in misery
And all of your hard work
Coming down to no good
You better see about me baby
If you only could now

Girlfriend

If it can't be you
I don′t even have anyone
To tell my story to
I said girlfriend
If it can't be you
Girlfriend

If it can't be you
I don′t even have anyone
To tell my story to
I said girlfriend
If it can′t be you

Dust and despair
Cobwebs and confusion
Collected in the corners of my room

All of my dreams
Bitter illusions
I just can't be rid of them too soon


Tired of my brain
Tired of this movie
Too tired to get up and shut it off
The time that remains
What good could it do me
Now that I know that too much is not enough

Wait a minute baby
What about my heart?
Was it your idea
To take it all apart
And put it all back together
Just one piece at a time
That′s tender you darling
And that's why I′m all

Girlfriend

If it can't be you
I don′t even have anyone
To tell my story to
I said girlfriend
If it can't be you
Girlfriend

If it can't be you
I don′t even have anyone
To tell my story to
I said girlfriend
If it can′t be you

Well I'm pulling up a picture now
Up off of my back pages
All at once impervious to the entire grim design
Of a great civilization
In the terminal stages
Of a slow but steady mental moral spiritual decline
And so it goes
Thus it is written
And all I want to know
Where does a guy like me fit in?

So I′m visualizing a
Cute little bunny
With a fluffy white tail and long gray floppy ears
Who looks up at me and says
"Doc don't you worry
All you got to do now boy is to hide in here

Hide here
Over here
Hide in here
Hide here
Hide in here
Over here
Hide in here
Over here
All you got to do now girl is to just say when
You might consider bringing your sweetness round here again"

Girlfriend

If it can′t be you
I don't even have anyone
To tell my story to
I said girlfriend
If it can′t be you
Girlfriend

If it can't be you
I don't even have anyone
To tell my story to
I said girlfriend
If it can′t be you

Girlfriend
If it can′t be you
I don't even have anyone
To tell my story to
I said girlfriend
If it can′t be you