Refute

Composer：Stephen Malkmus

This is a verse about a man who dared

To fall head over heels for a woman who shared

Similar interests similar looks

Similar taste in similar books

Lost in the riddle of her southernish eyes

Paint-on lips and French knee highs

The world was telling him love is dead

But he's turning that logic on its head

Marry on

Marry on and you will know

Marry on

This is a verse about a woman who dared

To fall head first for her young au pair

Middle-class values and normalcy

To her that was so last century

She wooed her with Ritalin and drugged Nehi

Egon Schiele prints and French fries

The kind of story made for the stage

The kind of story just jumps of the page

I tell you

Marry on

Marry on and you will know

Marry on

Marry on children

But be aware the world doesn't want you anymore

I know you'd like to refute all I say

I know you'd like to refute all I say

I know you'd like to refute

All that I have shared today