I Can Tell Lyrics - Michael Penn

Whatever news you had 

Whatever shoes you had 

Whatever made you mad enough 

On the promenade you can 

Give it a rest 

Give it a seat 

Or in the glass you can cut your feet 

Pop a knee 

Flesh torn 

And everything else seems 

A little worse for worn 

A simple thing, I admit 

Out I never did figure it 

I can tell that I'm about to 

I can tell when I'm without you 

I've seen you juggle 

I've seen your best 

I've seen you running out of luck you pressed 

I've seen the scores on how far up you fessed 

Until a thinner air is what you're breathing now 

So catch your breath 

Don't just stand there holding it 

I've seen you die a little death 

I'm pretty sure you were here 

But lately things tend to disappear 

Like the days I never got around to 

I can tell when I'm without you 

Psychic on the corner 

'Palms and Runes, Tarot and Tea' 

The proprietor gives matches to the girls in line 

For Club Diplomacy 

Be he's not on to me 

Crossed Olympic to collect my fee 

But there's no one in this neighborhood who 

I can tell when I'm without you 

I can tell when I'm without you 

I can tell when I'm without you