Cant Get My Mind Around You lyrics

I`d start with the boys that hang
at the pier
like bats in the night, get tangled
in your hair
I`d take away the weekend
shoreleave lovers
that flood the ports with drunken
tales of far away
I`d take away the Eiffel tower
I`d take away the port of Spain
I take your yellow coat
no more romantic walks in the
pouring rain
then I`d make washboard, wind-
blown, sea-side, serenading, prep
school boys disappear
that flock in the summer like gulls to
the beach
and pick at your heart like the
garbage on the street
I`ll take away all the things that make
you look away from me
I`d take away everything
then I`d have you all to myself
I`d take away the guy with the
monkey wrench smile
he`ll steal your heart away and make
a Minnesota mile
like a corner store crook on a prison
break or a porno queen in a
party cake
I`d take away the Spanish steps
I`d take away the Golden Gate
I take away everything
just to have you all to myself
I never thought it`d get this bad
inside of me
I never thought that I`d be so
consumed with jealousy
I need you every night and every
day in bed
these thoughts keep spinning in
my head
then I`d make the big screen, battle-
scarred, bold-faced, leading man,
lone star heroes disappear
that fill your heart with thoughts of
being swept away
but that`s a part a man like me could
never play
I`ll take away all the things that make
you look away from me
I`d take away everything
just to have you all to myself