Belle & Sebastian - Stay Loose lyrics

I was choking on a cornflake You said 'Have some toast instead' I was sleeping maybe three hours You said 'You should get to bed' I was waiting at the church door For the minister to show I was looking at the new year You said 'Walk before you crawl' I was feeling like a loser You said 'Hey, you I was feeling pretty lonely You said 'You wanted to be free' I was looking for a good time You said 'Let the good times start' With a quiver of your eyelid You took on someone else Maybe I You said 'Think before you speak' Sometimes I You said 'Everyone is weak' Now I feel a little better Is there something I can do? But I never heard the answer I never had a clue But what about me I don How things will improve If all you want is to stay loose There Like a miner trapped inside If I tell her of this moment She will in me doubts confide And she Like a stalk of wilting gra** I I But my faith is like a bullet My belief is like a bolt The only thing that lets me sleep at night A little carriage of the soul If it starts a little bleaker Then the year may yet be gold Happiness is not for keeping Happiness is not my goal But what about me I don How things will improve If all you want is to stay loose But what about them You play mother hen To a gaggle of gangling youth All you want is to stay loose I was living through the seconds My composure was a mess I was miles from tenderness It was dark outside, the day it was broken in pieces Everything is flat and dreary I couldn Television is the blues Television is hysterical laughter of people And I know it could be me I I keep running round in circles I keep looking for a doorway I To follow the paths I