[Verse 1]

I hope you see me on the TV

Would you think I looked cool?

Would it bring it all back, see me looking like that

Breaking all the rules?

We could make a lot of money with your looks and my brains

And if it doesn't work out

Guess I'll just blow 'em out

And thank you all the same

'Cause baby

[Chorus]

Lately (Lately)

For lack of a better word I've been crazy

Feelings took a funny turn

Sedate me

But I promise you, I'll never let us get as stale as your ashtray

As your ashtray, as your, as your ashtray

As your ashtray, as your, as your ashtray

As your ashtray, as your, as your ashtray

But I promise you, I'll never let us get as stale

[Verse 2]

'Cause girl, I found you in the gutter

The one that I've been living in

Why don't you just take my hand?

We'll draw a line in the sand

I'll show you where I've been

I'd be defiant if she liked it

But not too quick to assume

Because from what I've been told

She bathes in glitter and gold and nothing else will do

No

'Cause baby

[Chorus]

Lately (Lately)

For lack of a better word I've been crazy

Feelings took a funny turn

Sedate me

But I promise you, I'll never let us get as stale as your ashtray

[Bridge]

So you can mistreat me moderately

Just don't leave me like your ashtray

Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh

Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh

[Chorus]

Lately (Lately)

For lack of a better word I've been crazy

Feelings took a funny turn

Sedate me

But I promise you, I'll never let us get as stale

Yeah, yeah

Lately (Lately)

For lack of a better word I've been crazy

Feelings took a funny turn

Sedate me

But I promise you, I'll never let us get as stale as your ashtray

As your ashtray, as your, as your ashtray

As your ashtray, as your, as your ashtray

As your ashtray, as your, as your ashtray

As your ashtray, as your, as your ashtray

(Ashtray, ashtray, ashtray)