Why Can’t You Be? (Live)

Lyrics

[Spoken Intro: Stephan Jenkins] It was an argument with an ex-girlfriend and I said something about like, "Truest love." She said, "You're mistaken. My truest love was with a multiple, adjustable shower head." I know you follow me but, like, I;m drunk. I'm-a sing this damn song right now. "Why Can't You Be?" [Verse 1: Stephan Jenkins] Are you frightened by the weight you possess or Is this life just weightlessness? And smoggy twilight in LA I can't think of one real thing to say And Robbie Williams is walking in the canyons She forgets that we were friends I guess it all depends on your mood Why can't these meds be any damn good? [Chorus: Stephan Jenkins] And she said, "Why can't you be Like my water pink shower massager? A sweet reliable machine" And to tell the truth I don't feel less alone My water massager's the purest love I've ever known Why can't you be Like when I was thirteen? [Verse 2: Stephan Jenkins] Well, why can't you be Like an art house foreign movie? Frank and sexy, red balloons and ennui And aloof to me, yeah Why can't you be A little more of a mystery? [Chorus: Stephan Jenkins] Why can't you be The part of me that's missing? Instead of leaving me for some other Say we're perfect for each other And I know we won't spend this life alone [Verse 3: Stephan Jenkins] Why can't you be Like an outsourced government contract? I'm a fat cat getting away with anything Kicking some secret special powers Illumination rounds in showers 'Cause you're tearing your hair out While we can have a bed of flowers And I said Why can't you be Like the chicks out on the road? Some girls are happy just to see me 'Cause you got moxie and a broken nose You take 'em away from this prose Sometimes a blowjob's not enough Why can't you play A little less rough? [Chorus: Stephan Jenkins] Why can't you be The part of me that's missing? Instead of leaving me for some other Say we're perfect for each other And I know we won't go spend our lives alone [Bridge: Stephan Jenkins] Can we Just leave it be? We could live Our lives separately Could you forget What happens to you And you and me? When we're dead We'll be dead We'll have eternity And I will spend it all Missing you Missing you and me So while I'm alive I will always be [Verse 4: Stephan Jenkins] Why can't you be Someone looking deeper into me? Like JD Salinger Why do I challenge her In all these surface ways That you displease? Why can't you be A little more at ease? Why can't you be Like a hand rolled cigarette I'm not joking This masochistic self-pity of smoking And this city ditty I keep provoking you to leave me [Chorus: Stephan Jenkins] She said, "Why can't you be Like a candle I can snuff?" You're still a diamond in the rough And I swear to God I've had enough How can I call your bluff?