Dead Weight Lyrics - Over The Rhine

Sometimes I like to stick my fingers 

where they don't belong. 

Sometimes I like to fake a fever 

and just stay home. 

'Cause we smile in here 

we don't get too close to sadness. 

'Cause what's holding us 

is just about to break. 

Ain't it funny how 

life can drag behind us 

just like so much dead weight. 

Sometimes what feels like 

pretty good music 

is just the same old song. 

Sometimes we deal with 

bygone bruises 

and find it's been too long. 

But we laugh in here 

we don't get too close to sadness. 

We know good enough 

is a thousand miles from grace. 

Ain't it funny how 

life can drag behind us 

just like so much 

dead weight. 

And my hometown train 

is pulling from the station. 

And I know for once 

I really will be late. 

And I'll dream that we 

can leave the past behind us 

just like to much 

dead weight. 

Sometimes I like to stick my fingers 

where they don't belong.