Plea From A Cat Named Virtue Lyrics - The Weakerthans

Why don't you ever wanna play? 

Tired of this piece of string 

You sleep as much as I do now and you 

Don't eat much of anything 

I don't know who you're talking to 

I made a search through every room 

But all I found was dust that moved 

In shadows of the afternoon 

And listen 

About those bitter songs you sing? 

They're not helping anything 

They won't make you strong 

So, we should open up the house 

Invite the tabby two doors down 

You could ask your sister if 

She doesn't bring her Basset Hound 

Ask the things you shouldn't miss 

Tape-hiss and the Modern Man 

The Cold War and Card Catalogs 

To come and join us if they can 

For girly drinks and parlor games 

We'll pass around the easy lie 

Of absolutely no regrets 

And later maybe you could try 

To let your losses dangle off 

The sharp edge of a century 

And talk about the weather or 

How the weather used to be 

And I'll cater 

With all the birds that I can kill 

Let their tiny feathers fill 

Disappointment 

Lie down 

And lick the sorrow from your skin 

Scratch the terror and begin 

To believe you're strong 

All you ever want to do is drink and watch TV 

Frankly that thing doesn't really interest me 

I swear I'm going to bite you hard and taste your tinny blood 

If you don't stop the self-defeating lies you've been repeating 

Since the day you brought me home 

I know you're strong