Maryland Bridge Lyrics - The Weakerthans

I woke you up at four this morning 

To whimper and to whine 

To hear myself through spit and crackle 

Of a poor long distance line 

Twelve clever ways to say I love you 

With words that always fail 

Hang up and light a cigarette 

Sit waiting for the mail 

Some flyers from department stores 

A, another get rich plan 

A bill or two, some shampoo and a note from Ed McMann 

Although you'll always be the one in which I will confide 

Sometimes you're the razor on my private water slide 

Chorus: 

By the way, I got your letter yesterday 

It said there's no need to be sad 

It said that some things would never ever change 

But that some already had 

And I'd heard it from the corner of my ear 

How that voice makes things right 

And I'm sure there's something more than memory 

Across the Maryland bridge tonight 

How ominous these undercurrents 

They crowd me now it seems 

And every time I meet you in the darkness of my dreams 

It's likely that I'll turn around and parody myself 

Imagine we're in different places 

Pretend we're someone else 

I can be J. Edgar Hoover 

You be JFK 

As power hungry egocentrics 

We'll paper fight the nights away 

sometimes you're my nemesis 

When I am paranoid 

Sometimes I have doubts and worries 

Too strong to avoid 

Chorus