[Verse 1]

If you talk to Mary, please don't look at me

'Cause she's never seen me before

Don't call attention to the man outside of me

'Cause she can cut my head off with the blinking of her eye

[Pre-Chorus 1]

And I'm not supposed to be here, and I'm too young to die

See, she carries my confusion in the pocket of her jeans

Bouncing like a pinball in between extremes

[Chorus]

I'm not surprised, this happens all the time

And my hand lights her cigarette inside my mind

And she's never seen me before

[Verse 2]

So if you talk to Mary, please don't mention me

'Cause she's never seen me before

Just let me hide behind the smoke and pleasantries

'Cause I do my best work with the mannequin brigade

[Pre-Chorus 2]

I just peek around the statues spitting art and foreign trade

And she looks a hole right through me to a shadow on the wall

'Til I'm sick of my surroundings while I'm not here at all

[Chorus]

I'm not surprised, this happens all the time

And my hand lights her cigarette inside my mind

And she's never seen me before

[Bridge]

Warhol monotone, robotic talk

We're all so smart, we're so perceptive

But her mouth doesn't move except to smile

To be polite, to be receptive

She burns me with a glance, I look away

I'm safely cool, I'm so deceptive

I'd give my right arm for a different situation

I look around, I see everybody's watching me

I set myself up for this stupid situation

[Verse 1]

If you talk to Mary, please don't look at me

'Cause she's never seen me before

Don't call attention to the man outside of me

'Cause she can cut my head off with the blinking of her eye

[Pre-Chorus 1]

And I'm not supposed to be here, and I'm too young to die

See, she carries my confusion in the pocket of her jeans

Bouncing like a pinball in between extremes

[Chorus]

I'm not surprised, this happens all the time

And my hand lights her cigarette inside my mind

And she's never seen me before