That Don't Fly lyrics

Someone you knew wasn't able to be true.

I can't help you now.

Led away in your chains

when you asked me for changes,

I can't help you now.

It's got me more than just down,

we used to disagree so well.

But that's long gone

and I wonder if you even noticed I'd left you

for another shore.

And I try to resemble the score that I settle,

but that just don't fly with me.

That just don't fly.

And I cry, cry, cry tears like I hadn't cried in years

when I say goodbye.

I stood on the floor of the Monument Valley,

sky deep with stars,

and I asked, 

"Are you safe from the thieves in this country?"

I hope that you are.

Sanitized souls, did you airbrush out your roles?

I can't help but ask.

I used to be young with a strong constitution,

just look at me now.

Every broadcast disaster 

just adds a new wrinkle,

but that just don't fly with me.

That just don't fly.

And I cry, cry, cry tears like I hadn't cried in years,

I had to say goodbye.

Don't make me cry, 

don't give me one more flyby,

I can't stand the sight.

A plan that's delayed 

by its own executioner,

what's left to debate?

And I hope that my protest 

will prove to be useless

and we can move on.

But the street that I lived on, 

the grass that I laid on,

when will it be gone?

Are we deep in the dream of a chemical scion?

Well, that just don't fly with me.

No, that just don't fly.

And I cry, cry, cry tears like I hadn't cried in years,

I had to say goodbye.

I had to say goodbye.

• Artist:The Posies
• Album:Every Kind of Light (2005)