hard to please

by david ding

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took your advice
got guarantees
learned how to fly
stopped wearing green

called you all the time
to see what you needed
but you weren’t satisfied
unless i was bleeding

because it’s so hard to please you
you’re so hard to please
i broke my back so you could stay off your knees

kept my eyes ahead
let you intervene
let you have both sides of the bed when
you said you needed sleep

read the little list that you gave me
and i cut down every tree
showered you with all those gifts
and i kept the receipts like you asked

because it’s so hard to please you
you’re so hard to please
i broke my back so you could stay off your knees
i broke my back so you could keep your fingers clean

i brought you the moon
then you asked me what took so long
i gave you the stars
said they didn’t go with anything
i turned off the rain
then you told me the air was dry
i turned it on again
you complained and still i don’t know why it’s
so hard to please you
you’re so hard to please
i broke my back so you could stay off your knees
i broke my back so you could keep your fingers clean
i broke my back so you could get off with ease
i cut my throat so you’d have more air to breathe

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released November 5, 2009
written, performed and recorded by david ding in hiroshima, japan, 2009

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