Talk It Up

Smokey walls, dusty halls

No one calls

And all the window plants are dying (la-la, la-la-la)

She talk it up

Half empty cup

Half-hearted love

Half of the time halfway through crying

But she don't live here by herself

Sleeping in the bed she's made

Reading books about self-help

Working late on Saturdays

Lest she got something at stake, oo

For heaven's sake

Keep him awake

Make no mistake he'll break down daily with no warning

(He calls me daily)

When you're 20 years old, do as you're told

Get bought and sold

It's cold this early in the morning

And he's living on 10th street

Getting home right around dawn

Every night of every week he's proving everybody wrong

Any day now it won't be long

Listen when I say

Don't you stop it now come on

Give 'em all what they came here for

Never been there the same before

Talk it up 'til your face gets sore

Don't you stop it now come on

Half a mile and we'll see the shore

Captain how can you be so sure?

Talkin' up what I came here for

I've been holding my own

My rag and bone, lock up alone

No don't forget to double-check it, no, no, no

And I learn to rely on me and I

Straighten my tie

Lace my own boots zip my own jacket

Because I did the best I could

I got taken down again

But I got fire in my blood

I got sugar on my skin

And I got nowhere to begin so listen I say

Don't you stop it now come on

Give 'em all what they came here for

Never been down the same before

Talk it up 'til your face gets sore

Don't you stop it now come on

Half a mile and we'll see the shore

Captain how can you be so sure?

Talkin' up what I came here for

See ya get what you put in

So you cannot get upset

If you're just dipping your foot in

Because ya don't wanna get wet

And ya ain't made it big yet, wa wa wa

Don't you stop it

Give 'em all what they came here for

Gotta talk it up 'til your face gets sore

Don't you stop it now come on

Half a mile and we'll see the shore

Captain how can you be so sure?

Talkin' up what I'm doing it all for

Don't you stop it now come on, woah

Never been done the same

Talk it up 'til you're face gets sore

Don't you stop it now

Half a mile and we'll see the shore

Captain how can you be so sure?

Talkin' up what I came here for