Shirley Temples - Intellectual

[Verse 1]

Dad left early for the mountains

Mom drove to Essex to run errands

Ian lives downtown

In a complex with four friends

It's been two months since graduation

I eat and sleep and do my makeup

Designated driver at the gay club

My life is ruled by common sense

And low alcohol tolerance

There are less and less things I'm afraid of

Shirley Temples and a lease I've yet to sign

Bite my nails down I-89

I hate the feeling that there is some debt to be repaid

That for whatever reason, I owe this place

I lie down on Randi's floor

Teach myself to play new chords

I call my college friends

And say, "I wish I could teleport"

But at least it doesn't hurt to be here anymore

Shirley Temples and a lease I've yet to sign

Bite my nails down I-89

I hate the feeling that there is some debt to be repaid

That for whatever reason, I owe this place

Nothing feels as big as it used to

It doesn't burrow down in my tissue

Funny how the weight lifts

When there's nothing left to prove

I am who I was back then

I am still the teacher's kid

I guess that home was a space I had to grow into

Funny how the weight lifts

When there's nothing left to prove

Nothing left to prove