The Desperate Things You Made Me Do Lyrics - The Magnetic Fields

Time provides the rope but love will tie the slipknot 

And I will be the chair you kick away 

You don't even like anything you like or the people you know 

And all of your reasons to stay alive died 

I dedicate this song to you 

For all the desperate things you made me do 

I'd like to beat you black and blue 

For all the agony you have put me through 

Front seat stained with love, a back seat full of bibles 

Purloined from the drawers of lost motels 

They say when you're older you'll understand, you know it's a lie 

'Cause you've got a twisted and mangled heart 

I dedicate this song to you 

For all the desperate things you made me do 

I'd like to beat you black and blue 

For all the agony you have put me through 

Down route 66, you pilfered love and green stamps 

W.C. Fields with Mae West in your eyes 

They say every clock's a blunt instrument, crushing the skull 

But you've got a vise to rest your head in 

I dedicate this song to you 

For all the desperate things you made me do 

I'd like to beat you black and blue 

For all the agony you have put me through