Weakerthans - Plea from a cat named virtue

^EWhy don't you ever wanna play? ^AI'm tired of this piece of string ^BYou sleep as much as I do now, and you d^Aon't eat much of a^Enything

^EI don't know who you're talking to ^AI made a search through every room ^Bbut all I found was dust that moved wit^Ah shadows of th^Ee afternoon

^EAnd listen, about those ^Abitter songs you sing they're not ^Fmhelping anything they won't ^Amake you ^Estrong

^ESo we should open up the house ^Ainvite the tabby two doors down ^BYou could ask your sister if ^Ashe doesn't bring her ^Ebasset hound

^EAsk the things you shouldn't miss ^Atape hiss and the modern man ^Bcold war and card catalogues ^Ato come join us i^Ef they can

^EFor girly drinks and parlor games ^Awe'll pass around the easy lie ^Bof absolutely no regrets ^Aand later maybe ^Eyou could try

^ETo let your losses dangle off ^Athe sharp edge of a century ^BWe'll talk about the weather or ^Ahow the weather ^Euse to be

^EAnd I'll cater, with all the ^Abirds that I can kill let their ^Fmtiny feathers fill ^Adisappointment ^ELie down, and lick the ^Asorrow from your skin Scratch the ^Fmterror and begin to ^Abelieve you're ^Estrong

^EAll you ever want to do is ^Adrink and watch TV ^Efrankly that thing doesn't really ^Ainterest me ^EI swear I'm going to bite you hard and ^Ataste your tinny blood ^Eif you don't stop the self-defeating lies you've been repeating A (PAUSE) since the day you brought me home E A B A E X 2 End on E I know you're strong.