Plus Ones

[Verse 1] No one wants to hear about your 97th tear So dry your eyes or let it go uncried, my dear I am all out of love to mouth into your ear And not above letting a love song disappear Before it's written [Verse 2] And no one wants a tune about the 100th luftballoon That was seen shooting from the window of your room To be a spot against the sky's colossal gloom And land, deflated, in some neighbor state that's strewn With 99 others [Chorus 1] 8 Chinese brothers Well, there's a reason why the last is smiling wide And sitting higher than the others Swinging his arms [Verse 3] You would probably die before you shot up 9 miles high Your eyes dilated as light played upon the sight Of TVC 16 as it sings you goodnight Relaxed as hell and locked up in cell 45 Well, I hope you're feeling better [Chorus 2] The 51st way to leave your lover Admittedly, it doesn't seem to be As gentle or as clean as all the others Leaving its scars All in the after-hours of some Greenpoint bar [Verse 4] I told you I can't listen, baby, about the 4th time you were a lady And how your forthrightness betrayed a secret shyness Stripped away by days of being hailed as "Your Highness" And what's new, pussycat, is you were once a lioness They cut your claws out [Verse 5] Kitten, not everyone's keen on lighting candle 17 The party's done, the cake's all gone, the plates are clean The chauffeur's leering from the cheerless mezzanine And in just one year, the straight world can pay to see What they have been missing [Chorus 3] But you were caught kissing 8 Chinese brothers Well, there's a reason why the last is smiling wide And sitting higher than the others Stinking with charm [Outro] And he says, "Let's get lost, let them send out alarms" He says, "Let's get crossed out and come to harm" "Let's make the world's stupidest stand and truly mean it Let's hit the limit of loss over lover's arms No, let's exceed it"