Words & Music By Steven Page Lyrics - Barenaked Ladies

Words & Music by Ed Robertson 

A friend brought me flowers, she said they were lilacs 

But I've never been good with plants 

Her next presentation, a new dictionary 

She'd circled the word "romance" 

So enthusiastic, a little bit drastic 

I shaved her name in my head 

And as she beheld it, she said I misspelled it; 

Need more be said! 

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Chorus: 

These apples are delicious! 

"As a matter of fact they are," she said 

Can all this fruit be free? 

She wrote me a letter as big as a phonebook 

I've never been big on mail 

I sent her a postcard from somewhere near Lethebridge 

And wondered if it still went by rail 

I've never been frightened of being enlightened 

But some things can go too far 

Though sometimes I stammer and mix up my grammar, 

You get what my meanings are 

Chorus 

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I'm not trying to sing a love song -- I'm trying to sing in tune. 

I know I am sometimes headstrong 

Falling love, catching fire -- I want to be consumed 

Wondering will I ever tire, will I ever tire! 

Chorus