Backfire Lyrics - Aimee Mann

I've got some cookies from our junk food run 

And here's a couple beers so 

Let's go create some fun 

Supplies are limited and I'm all out 

Of any explanation 

Of what I'm on about 

I'm tired 

Of having to try 

To convince you if I 

Go along with you it all will 

Backfire 

I know you had plans 

Your intentions were grand 

But it's out of my hands 

And it isn't the way I pictured it 

Either 

Well things felt weird but you said that's alright 

That it was not a problem 

And we could just sit tight 

And when you said that I was sure I cringed 

Cause you had no suspicion 

That I had come unhinged 

Or just tired-- 

I cannot say which 

But there's always a hitch 

That will cause the whole thing to 

Backfire 

I know you had plans 

Your intentions were grand 

But it's out of my hands now 

It's out of my hands now 

I know you'd like to be the St. Bernard 

Who rushes to the rescue 

When there's an avalanche 

But in my panic I may pull too hard 

And the novice lifeguard 

Gets rushed off in the ambulance 

I'm tired 

I cannot seem to 

Get a message to you 

That the rescue you planned has just 

Backfired 

I know you had plans 

Your intentions were grand 

But it's out of my hands now 

It's out of my hands now 

And it isn't the way I pictured it 

Either...