Everything Beautiful

waving down taxi cabs on your own
talking to men you don't know on the phone
late night rain showers on third avenue
you keep you hands to yourself
what else could you do?

but something is happening here
that you cannot understand
run back to the places you knew
and the freaks with whom you had planned

cause everything beautiful gets off to a rough start
and everything beautiful will eventually break your heart

raising your hand saying yes I will
while some jilted gigolo comes in for the kill
setting up shop in the traffic's roar
wondering what all this commotion is for

but something is different now
still you cannot comprehend
go back to the voices you hear
cause it's the one thing you understand

cause everything beautiful gets off to a rough start
and everything beautiful will eventually break your heart
cause everything beautiful knows not what it's done
and everything beautiful when it feeds off some unlucky one