Curious Quail - Disappointed Smiles (Formula for a Generic, Academy-Award Nominated [But Not Winning] Ron Howard Film) Lyrics
Time ticks by / bringing us close / To another dose ofdisappointed smilesYou say we're 'friends' / A funny little word you tossaround / I guess it depends on what he needs from youCuz if all you are / is this burnt-out star / then I'lltake my resentment another way / Like to his faceI'm down and out but it won't be long / till I'll bethat guy that gets you down / cuz' I don't need thisBut you say we're friends / The kind that always callan hour too late / I guess it depends / baby, IpretendY'don't have what it takes / to truly appreciateall the ways this union is killing you / and the resultso far / is this mess that you are / and you'll leavethese scars on each other's face and be replaced...Cuz breakneck speeds go words through the armour thatbring us down to our knees. / Time, of course, iseverythin' now that we're beyond sympathies /'Cuz one mis-step and another false statement willturn ya into enemies / Oh, One mis-step, anotherfalse statementhe didn't know / No he didn't know / He just didn't knowI could hear him / He didn't know / No he didn't knowHe just didn't know / I could hear himHear him / Hear this / I bear this and Turn ya intoenemies, I'd Hear this / Hear this