Self Defense lyrics
by Paul Westerberg



Cheekbones and hormones

Your only self-defense

Lying through dinner

And your rock and roll teeth again

You've harbored a coward

Fed him full of broth

This nocturnal sadness

Leaves you pale as this tablecloth

Careful don't you spill your dinner

That would be a good defense

Then you wouldn't have to sit here

On the fence



Cheekbones and hormones

He's the accidental man

Tell you in a stage whisper

About the boy who cried benefit

As the poet drags the darkness

Within him to the light

It's only in self defense

That they drag you out into the night

Careful don't you spill your dinner

That would be your best defense

Careful what you wish for



An idiot and a genius

Standing up to dine

Breaking manmade laws

Cause I only follow those that are devine

And only when you're chased

Do you ever run fast

And it's wrong to commit suicide

It's only in self-defense