Frankenstein lyrics
by Aimee Mann



(I still have the shake in my voiceAnd I'm going to sing you this song)I don't know you from adam, it could make my dayIf you leave me a message I'll give it away'cause the most perfect strangers that you can talk toAre the ones who pretend that you're not really youAre with any attempts here to play frankensteinCome with plenty of chances for changing your mindWhen you're building your own creationNothing's better than real than a realImitationI won't find it fantastic or think it absurdWhen the gun in the first act goes off in the third'cause it's rare that you ever know what to expectFrom a guy made of corpses with bolts in his neckIf the creature is limping the parts are in placeWith a mind of it's own and a fist for a faceSay hello to your new creationNow it's better than realIt's a real imitationYou may wonder what the catch isAs we batten down the hatchesAnd when later we find that the thing we devisedHas the villagers clamouring for it's demiseWe will have to admit the futility ofTrying to make something more of this jerry-built loveAnd you'll notice it bears a resemblance toEverything I imagined I wanted from youBut at least it's my own creationAnd it's better than realIt's a real imitation