Too Many Knots To Untangle - Graham Parker

I don’t understand telepathy, but I am thinking of you

I am going to get my feelings across the gulf that divides me and you

Cos when the doors get locked and the windows are shuttered

The oaths get broken and the curses are muttered

And every emotion’s confused and cluttered

There’s nothing to stop us from burning out, just like a candle

With too many knots to untangle

I know there’s a better world somewhere you’ve just got to take a look

Yeah but unfortunately it’s in the pages of a kid’s storybook

Does your daddy look down on us and say this is wrong

Will your mother figure me out from the words in this song

Did you prefer the guy who was hung like king kong

Well I just wanna feel your curves again when they’re not at right angles

With too many knots to untangle

The rusted remains of an automobile

Sits out in the backyard with only one wheel

Ignored and deserted you know how it feels

Yeah it’s a random universe, there is no plan involved

We just bounce around like rubber balls and sometimes nothing gets solved

Do you know these people the chances are slim

Even their shadows are wearing thin and you’re not her and I’m not him

But I don’t wanna tie you up any more and leave you to dangle

With too many knots to untangle (3 times) then intro again

Too many knots to untangle (repeat)