Stacey Mindich - I Can Do Better Than That lyrics

[CATHY] My best friend had a little situation At the end of our senior year And like a shot She and Mitchell got married that summer Carolann getting bigger ev'ry minute Thinking, "What am I doing here?" While Mitchell's out ev'ry night Being a heavy-metal drummer They got a little cute house On a little cute street With a crucifix on the door Mitchell got a job at a record store in the mall Just the typical facts of a typical life In a town on the Eastern Shore I thought about what I wanted It wasn't like that at all Made Carolann a cute baby sweater Thinking, "I can do better than that" In a year or so I moved to the city Thinking, "What have I got to lose?" Got a room, got a cat And got twenty pounds thinner Met a guy in a cla** I was taking Who you might say looked like Tom Cruise He wouldn't leave me alone 'Less I went with him to dinner And I guess he was cute And I guess he was sweet And I guess he was good in bed I gave up my life for the better part of a year So I'm starting to feel like this maybe might work And the second it entered my head He needed to take some time off Focus on his "career" He blew me off with a heartfelt letter I thought, "I can do better than that" You don't have to get a haircut You don't have to change your shoes You don't have to like Duran Duran Just love me You don't have to put the seat down You don't have to watch the news You don't have to learn to tango You don't have to eat prosciutto You don't have to change a thing Just stay with me I want you and you And nothing but you Miles and piles of you Finally I'll have something worthwhile To think of each morning You and you And nothing but you No substitution will do Nothing but fresh, undiluted and pure Top of the line And totally mine I don't need any lifetime commitments I don't need to get hitched tonight I don't want you to throw up all your walls and defenses I don't mean to put on any pressure But I know when a thing is right And I spend every day re-configuring my senses When we get to my house Take a look at that town Take a look at how far I've gone I will never go back Never look back anymore And it feels like my life led right to your side And will keep me there from now on Think about what you wanted Think about what could be Think about how I love you Say you'll move in with me Think of what's great about me and you Think of the bullsh** we've both been through Think of what's past Because we can do - Better We can do better We can do better than that We can do better than that