Gardenia

Lyrics

[Verse 1] I kinda like the way you dot your "J"s With giant circles of na�vet� The kind of circles include everything Don't mean to damn you with the faintest phrase It's just a symptom of the blithe age Walter Lippmann, he would be amazed [Pre-Chorus 1] So you've got some curb appeal But can you cook a three course meal? Or are you just a present Waiting to be opened up and parceled out again? Hey! [Chorus 1] Well you are a gardenia Pressed in the campaign journal In the rucksack of an Afrikaner candidate for mild reform [Verse 2] It's like we're at a Ponzi scaminar There's no escaping without a door prize They're operating at significant loss And now the way that you watch your weight Richard Avedon, Richard Avedon would Richard Avedon would surely approve [Pre-Chorus 2] So much for your curb appeal So much for the three course meals 'Cause I am not a present Waiting to be opened up and parceled out again Hey! [Chorus 2] Well the torture of the Van Wyck Expressway At 5pm on Friday Gives you some idea of how rejection makes me feel Well you are a gardenia You are a gardenia