How Do I Work Lyrics
I chopped off that braid of hair
My neighbor hooted and people stared
So I tried to look haughty, more occupied
I lost the weight, I go for walks
Sometimes I'm out a hundred blocks
And my clothes are like caverns in which I hide
When I return the doorman's there
Oh, if only he knew
The service
Not of his open door
But of his open smile to me
CHORUS:
How do I work?
How am I put together?
I still do not know
Though it's late in the hour
Oh I have some ways to go
How can I grow without just growing old?
I remember me as a child
I often shrugged and seldom smiled
In the mirror I asked, "Is this all I am?"
In class the teacher dressed in tweed
Said to fly around the room like milkweed
And she told me I twirled like Martha Graham
At the time I just turned away
But if only she knew
How I danced in my room that night
When everyone had gone to sleep
CHORUS
So now into my life of computer mail
And a single mark hanging on its nail
Someone entered where no one has even tried
Oh, there has been so much for me
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Out of all the greatness in this small city
I believe I have beauty coiled up inside
Sometimes I think that I can be tapped
Just like a barrel
Oh, I'm crazy, yeah
I laugh at myself
Another lonely kid grown up
How can it work?
How can we live together?
I still do not know
Though it's late in the hour
Oh I have some ways to go
Help me grow
I'm just growing old
