New Thing Now Lyrics - A Few Small Repairs - Shawn Colvin

This is your new thing now 

Naked as a rose 

Everything exposed 

But not quite 

This is your new thing now 

Cards out on the table 

A genius with no label 

But not quite, not quite 

God, I swear it's good to be back home 

Waiting for the newest rolling stone 

All the other girls are still at war 

The best and worst of 1994 

Sometimes I see the half, not the whole 

Sometimes I see the face and not the soul 

Sometimes I think this place has his no part 

For anyone who ever had a heart 

And this is your new thing now 

And it looks so good in print 

Just a poet and her pimps 

But not quite 

This is your new thing now 

A prom dress and a sneer 

The woman of the year 

But not quite, not quite 

And G, it's good to see a dream come true 

People smile and bless all over you 

Mixing up those latest junkie-isms 

And all the pretty terms of religion 

And don't you love the leader of the band 

Equal parts butt head and Peter Pan 

All the other kids are sad again 

And a legend's not a legend 'til it ends 

And this is your new thing now 

And it makes the whole world spin 

It's as least as old as sin 

But not quite 

This is your new thing now 

And now you're turning grinning 

But maybe no one's listening 

And you might lose it all my darling, yes you might 

This is your new thing now 

And it feels so good to doubt you 

I could almost live without you 

But not quite, not quite 

Not quite, not quite