Object Of My Affection - Shawn Colvin, John Leventhal

    Jump into the night
    Gas up and downshift
    Cruise up the coast
    On the FM drift
    It's a crazy world
    On the head of a pin

    Some other time
    Some other star
    I might've cried but now
    You only need to look so far
    As the smile on my face
    To see the shape I'm in

    Try love in a bottle
    Try love in a box
    Play it all night long
    Dance 'til you drop
    And it sure got soul
    It's not flesh and blood

    I tried looking for love
    But I guess it's true
    You don't look for love
    It's gonna look for you
    Well you found me, honey
    And you sound so good

    You're the object
    Of my affection
    Not a dream
    Or make believe
    You're the object
    Of my affection
    Come to me

    Now we see the women
    In the photograph
    Sweet Anne of mercy
    And Sylvia Plath
    For a thousand words
    They for a life sentence

    If we lined up all the girls
    Who died in vain
    We could walk on their heads
    To hell and back again
    But I got the big book
    And antidepressants

    You're the object
    Of my affection
    Not a phantom fantasy
    You're the object
    Of my affection
    Come to me

    You're the object
    Of my affection
    Not a toy with batteries
    You're the object
    Of my affection
    Not a rescue remedy
    You're the object
    Of my affection
    Come to me
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