Rude Awakenings

[Verse 1]

The bed was still warm where I slept

From these hours I wish to forget

With the night still fresh on my breath

I awoke to the grim face of death

[Chorus]

I thought it was all just a nightmare

I guess it was true

I thought it was all just a nightmare

I guess it was true

[Verse 2]

As I crawled across the floor for the door

From one room I don't know to the next

There was nothing familiar around

And it just ain't my style to leave the seat down

[Chorus]

I thought it was all just a nightmare

I guess it was true

I thought it was all just a nightmare

I guess it was true

[Verse 3]

I pulled on my clothes, still half in a dream

As I struggled with my conscience and a multidirectional stream

What'd you take her for?

I buried my loneliness with her for the night

Then I left with new symptoms no antidepressant could cure

What'd you take her for?

[Pre-Chorus]

She took me for all I was worth

May I remind you that ain't much at all

A meaningless gesture in the meanest of times

As it turns out, you weren't worth the call

[Chorus]

I though it was all just a nightmare

I guess it was true

I though it was all just a nightmare

I guess it was true

But now I'm left with a daily reminder of you

[Verse 4]

With equal surprise, she opened her eyes

Sat up and shouted, "For Christ's sakes, who the hell are you?"

What'd she take you for?

She cooked me my breakfast, then called me a cab

Shoved me out the door and threw the five dollar fare in my face

What'd she take you for?

[Pre-Chorus]

She took me for all I was worth

May I remind you that ain't much at all

A meaningless gesture in the meanest of times

As it turns out you weren't worth the call

[Chorus]

I though it was all just a nightmare

I guess it was true

I though it was all just a nightmare

I guess it was true

But now I'm left with a daily reminder of you