Written by Daniel Johnston

LYRICS
Try aching every care in the world
She’s only the most beautiful girl
The more I think it the badder it gets
I was just swimming along when I was caught in her net
She’s got me singing with a broken heart
I keep on messing with my mind torn apart
She’s already forgotten, look at me left in the dust
I guess my art didn’t help very much
Then the super love got me again
Got me dreaming I could almost win
I stopped to take a look around with a grin
So much turmoil in this crazy town
She’s got me bloody from hitting the bricks
Is this the way the girlies get their kicks?
And now I see if it makes a difference
Everyone in love, hating hurting each other
Always thinking it’s near the end
Then I was hoping she’d be my friend
Lost forever only wishing again
Oh to be alive and free from sin
Psycho love in the twilight zone
Drippy soap opera on the telephone
I get so close but I don’t belong
Straining to identify with the radio song
Then I see her as if in a dream
It’s so real I could almost scream
She’s doing a ritual, the same for any man
Just like a movie it’s so deadpan
I’m looking for love in the darkness
I have a chance at false romance
Maybe next time I’ll whisper something new
I’m so ashamed, so uncool
I’ve had enough and she’ll never know
I feel like staying but my subconscious says go
Shed a tear like blood on the floor
It’s only love and nothing more
She’s got me singing with a broken heart
I keep on messing with my mind torn apart
She’s already forgotten, look at me left in the dust
I guess my art didn’t help very much

CREDITS
Daniel Johnston: Voice
Mark Linkous: Guitar
Alan Weatherhead: Guitar, bass
Melissa Moore: Violin
Miguel Rodriguez-Urbiztondo: Drums

PRODUCTION
Produced and arranged by Mark Linkous
Engineered by Alan Weatherhead
Recorded at Sound Of Music
Mastered by John Golden at John Golden Mastering

RELEASES
Daniel Johnston: Fear Yourself
Daniel Johnston: Fish UK 7″ Single