[CATHY]

My best friend had a little situation

At the end of her senior year

And like a shot

She and Mitchell got married that summer

Carolann getting bigger ev'ry minute

Thinking, "What am I doing here?"

While Mitchell's out ev'ry night

Being a heavy-metal drummer

They got a little cute house

On a little cute street

With a crucifix on the door

Mitchell got a job at a record store in the mall

Just the typical facts of a typical life

In a town on the Eastern Shore

I thought about what I wanted

It wasn't like that at all

Made Carolann a cute baby sweater

Thinking, "I can do better than that"

In a year or so I moved to the city

Thinking, "What have I got to lose?"

Got a room, got a cat

And got twenty pounds thinner

Met a guy in a class I was taking

With some very well placed tattoos

He wouldn't leave me alone

'Less I went with him to dinner

And I guess he was cute

And I guess he was sweet

And I guess he was good in bed

I gave up my life for the better part of a year

So I'm starting to feel like this maybe might work

And the second it entered my head

He needed to take some time off

Focus on his "career"

He blew me off with a heartfelt letter

I thought, "I can do better than that"

You don't have to get a haircut

You don't have to change your shoes

You don't have to like Duran Duran

Just love me

You don't have to put the seat down

You don't have to watch the news

You don't have to learn to tango

You don't have to eat prosciutto

You don't have to change a thing

Just stay with me

I want you and you

And nothing but you

Miles and piles of you

Finally I'll have something worthwhile

To think of each morning

You and you

And nothing but you

No substitution will do

Nothing but fresh, undiluted and pure

Top of the line

And totally mine

I don't need any lifetime commitments

I don't need to get hitched tonight

I don't want you to throw up all your walls and defenses

I don't mean to put on any pressure

But I know when a thing is right

And I spend every day re-configuring my senses

When we get to my house

Take a look at that town

Take a look at how far I've gone

I will never go back

Never look back anymore

And it feels like my life led right to your side

And will keep me there from now on

Think about what you wanted

Think about what could be

Think about how I love you

Say you'll move in with me

Think of what's great about me and you

Think of the bullshit we've both been through

Think of what's past

Because we can do -

Better

We can do better

We can do better than that

We can do better than that