Rats In The Garbage Of The Western World Lyrics - Obscurities - Stephin Merritt

this is the darkest place I've ever been 

but I like what little of you I've seen 

you stepped out of the TV screen 

and into my most personal dreams 

I don't want to go home with you 

but the TV tells me what to do 

I don't want to fall in love with you 

but I've been conditioned to 

we are the rats in the garbage of the western world 

so let's dance! 

I wouldn't look twice if I were sober enough 

but I can tell you're a diamond in the rough 

the way you don't talk and the way you don't walk 

just like a model 

I know this is gonna be love 

in a place like this with a boy like you 

anything could happen if you want it to 

I want to shoot you and hang you on my wall 

but there's no film in my polaroid...