You call me why do you call me
And why do I answer when I know
Oh I know you were crying
Why are you crying
And how can you say that when you know
Oh you know that you were the sun
giving up behind the golden gate
Now you’re the bum begging
up and down the lower haight
Oh you know that you were the band
going out to play one more song
Now you’re the giant out on second
‘cause he thought he was gone
I call her why do I call her
And why does she answer when she knows
Oh she knows I was laughing
Why am I laughing
Oh and how can I say that when I know
Oh I know that I was a fire escape party over union square
Now I’m a cab driver fucking over every fare
Oh I know that I was a young
Thile tossing off the perfect verse
Now I’m another damn yankee
can’t toss to first woohoohoo
Lord I can’t toss it to first woohoohoo
Oh I can’t toss it to first
Oh we know that we were the band
going out to play one more song
Now we’re the giant out at second
cause he thought he was gone