She's got her mothers pride but not her strength And the length she'll go to win an argument Is long enough but not strong enough for me There's no reasoning to these things You know the hurt is lasting So I Gave myself to the sure things The simple and the bored things In my Wasted wealth On the bored things Those entertaining mornings when I can't see past the door When my tie's hung above my trousers balled up on the floor And she's rifling through her drawers For a pretty little underthing that'll make me beg for more You know she's got a busy day and I'd really love to stay But I got shows to stop and pills to pop so I really must be going, babe Well I'm wasted on fidelity as I edge upon insanity It's just been a battering rhapsody for me I'll take lacy covered solace in the hope that she might promise all the things that she had mentioned You can't imagine the potential So I Gave myself to the sure things The simple and the bored things In my Wasted wealth On the bored things Those entertaining mornings when I can't see past the door When my tie's hung above my trousers balled up on the floor And she's rifling through her drawers For a pretty little underthing that'll make me beg for more You know she's got a busy day and I'd really love to stay But I got shows to stop and rows to rock so I really must be going, babe On the bored things The simple and the sure things In my Wasted wealth On the bored things I drowned myself In the sure things The simple and the bored things In my Wasted wealth On the bored things Those entertaining mornings with what's her face I gave myself to the sure things I drowned myself in the sure things