The Other End Lyrics - Aimee Mann

Shall we agree that just this once 

I'm gonna change my life 

Until it's just as tiny or 

Important as you like 

And in time, we won't even recall that we spoke 

Words that turned out to be as big as smoke 

Like smoke, disappears in the air 

There's always something smouldering somewhere 

[Chorus:] 

I know it don't make a difference to you 

But oh, it sure made a difference to me 

You'll see me off in the distance, I hope 

At the other end 

At the other end of the telescope 

There was a time not long ago 

I dreamt that the world was flat 

And all the colors bled away 

And that was that 

And in time, I could only believe in one thing 

The sky was just phosphourus stars hung on strings 

And you swore that they'd always be mine 

When you can pull them down anytime 

[Chorus:] 

There, there baby now, don't say a word 

Lie down baby, your vision is blurred 

Your head is so sore from all of that thinking 

I don't want to hurt you now 

But I think you're shrinking (I think you're skrinking) 

You're half-naked ambition and 

You're half out of your wits 

And though your wristwatch always works 

Your necktie never fits 

Now its so hard to pick the receiver up 

And when I call, I never noticed you could be so small 

The answer was under your nose 

But the question never arose 

I know it don't make a difference to you 

But oh, it sure made a difference to me 

When you find me here at the end of my rope 

When the head and heart of it finally elope 

You can see us off in the distance, I hope 

At the other end 

At the other end of the telescope