Johnathan Rice

It Couldn't Be Me

Johnathan Rice


We're driving through the canyons 
Singing songs from the sixties 
The telephone rang, she said, 
Babe, do you miss me?? 
And ain't it a shame not to love the one you're with 

Well she spoke with the prettiest mouth 
And she scorned me 
She sharpened her teeth and flashed them to warn me 
That ain't it a shame when you hate the one you loved 

Well, it couldn't be me 
No, it couldn't be me 
No, they're not in your dreams 
He don't look a thing like me 

Well I dated a rich girl 
With a mother of pearl 
Who paid rent in her high rise 
The weight of the world 
And ain't it a shame when you're exchangin' all your brand new gifts 

Well after a night on the floor, 
she put the chain on her door 
I'd worn out my welcome 
I guess she got bored 
She laid her on my brother 
And laid him across my bed 

No, it couldn't be me 
No, it couldn't be me 
No, they're not in your dreams 
He don't look a thing like me 

Well it sounds like rain 
And here that's a rare thing 
Out here in the desert, 
I?m stealing my water 
From a hole in a mountain that flows to the affordable homes 
And from the faucet it drips 
And I'll clean up the messes 
The others have left us 
Well I think they've blessed us 
There's a chain on my door 
But I'm in love with the one I'm with 

And it couldn't be me 
No, it couldn't be me 
No, they're not in your dreams 
He don't look a thing like me 
Well it couldn't be me 
No, it couldn't be me 
No, they're not in your dreams 
He don't look a thing like me