Great Minds

Lyrics

You let the candle burn down You were pretending to read And the table caught fire You ran out in the street And watched Daddy Put it out through the bedroom window [Verse 2] My room was your room When he was mean to you I didn't kick and you didn't snore Kept the door bolted, pillow over your head And the dog watching out From the foot of the bed [Pre-Chorus] I got out of that house As fast as I could Daddy signed the papers Like you knew that he would And you taught me to talk to trees And that spit'll get the bloodstains Out of your sheets [Chorus] I wanted to grow up to be just like you It nevеr was an option though You say you see yourself in me Sometimеs great minds think differently Great minds think differently [Verse 3] Back then Penn Station was really no joke I got off the train in your fur coat I had a mattress on the floor Next to a toy piano [Verse 4] Sending money home And making late night calls Getting all dressed up Like a porcelain doll Just a wallflower On the company dime Well come on You know I say that to all of the guys [Veese 5] I used to tell you that there was a book in your head So I started writing down everything that you said Lay your stealth portrait out at your feet And it's the last thing on Earth that you wanted from me [Chorus] I wanted to grow up to be just like you It never was an option though You say you see yourself in me Sometimes great minds think differently Great minds think differently [Instrumental Solo] [Verse 6] You said understanding me Is like a full time job I pepper you with questions while we're out for a walk I still neatly fit inside your shadow [Verse 7] You said, "Blow out the candles And make a wish If there's anything you want That I haven't given you yet" You always kept me on the edge of my pen And I kept you waiting for me to say when [Chorus] I wanted to grow up to be just like you It never was an option though You say you see yourself in me Sometimes great minds think differently Great minds think differently [Refrain] I wanted to grow up I wanted to grow up I wanted to grow up I wanted to grow up I wanted to grow up I wanted to grow up Oooh I wanted to grow up I wanted to grow up I wanted to grow up I wanted to grow up I wanted to grow up I wanted to grow up Oooh