The Man Who Ate Too Much

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Eight-thousand miles away My life is still packed up in boxes I was positive I would sort out in May I keep telling my friends that it's strange How many times can you say that before it's not strange? We've spent all summer in the winter On a stingray that was hacked to pieces And Ash points to the giant in the mountain And he asks me where his arms is [Chorus 1] Another man who ate too much And women keep grieving them with the songs we sing I wanted to get back to New York And now it isn't looking promising [Post-Chorus 1] But Kya brought Izzy's old coat and it fits like a glove And Aidan put Ash on his back when we went for a walk And onе of these days I swear I'll takе a second for me And one of these days I swear to God I'll get out to the sea [Verse 2] Eight-thousand miles away A man in a white house refuses to face his own pain Why should it matter what lives really matter? Why bother to open your heart when there's pussy and fame? And we put our money on the study Of an army that relies on terror And Ash points to the statue of the captain And he asks me what it's there for [Chorus 2] Another man who ate too much And women keep grieving them with the songs we sing I was hoping New York would open up And now it isn't looking promising [Post-Chorus 2] But Kya brought Izzy's old coat and it fits like a glove And Aidan put Ash on his back when we went for a walk And Lou gave a history book of New Zealand to me And today we met somebody nice and her name was Roisin [Bridge] I've spent eleven years chasing the summer Ain't karma a bitch? Now it's endless December Stuck in a house where the post won't deliver Stuck in a book by a paralyzed writer Trying to read to my son by a sliver Of hope from a broken light we'll have to pay for It's no kind of life for a kid to grow up in I guess I'll stop taking these prenatal vitamins Christ, what a waste, maybe someone can use them? But I can't keep having to look at them Look at them, look at them, look at them [Verse 3] Eight-thousand miles away The man in the house gets a little more broke every day Who says what's real and what's fake You've been lying so much for so long I don't know what to say And I keep on telling all my friends it's not that bad But that depends on what bad is And Ash points to the family in the story And he asks me where the dad is [Chorus 3] Another man who ate too much And women keep grieving them with the songs we sing I was hoping that you would open up And now it isn't looking promising [Post-Chorus 3] But Kya brought Izzy's old coat and it fits like a glove And Aidan put Ash on his back when we went for a walk And Linda let Ash play her pinball and loaned us a car And Jude showed us the orchard and where all the good apples are [Coda] And Izzy keeps bringing her toys that she thinks Ash would like A mouse, a Moana, some books, and a little white bike And Lou gave a history book of New Zealand to me And today, after school, we'll drive over and visit Roisin And Roisin and her kids made the most beautiful Christmas tree Out of driftwood they gathered from her house by the sea Out of driftwood they gathered from her house by the sea Out of driftwood they gathered from her house by the sea