Object Of My Affection Lyrics

Jump into the night, gas up and down shift
Cruise up the coast on the FM drift
It's a crazy world on the head of a pin

Some other time, some other star
I might've cried but now, you only need to look so far
As the smile on my face, to see the shape I'm in

Try love in a bottle, try love in a box
Play it all night long, dance 'til you drop
And it sure got soul, it's not flesh and blood

Boy, I tried looking for love but I guess it's true
You don't look for love, it's gonna look for you
Well you found me, honey and you sound so good

You're the object of my affection
Not a dream or make believe
You're the object of my affection
Come to me

Now we see the women in the photograph
Sweet Anne of mercy and Sylvia Plath
For a thousand words they got a life sentence, oh yeah

If we lined up all the girls who died in vain
We could walk on their heads to Hell and back again
But I got the big book and antidepressants

And you're the object of my affection
Not a phantom fantasy, yeah
You're the object of my affection
Come to me, hey

And you're the object of my affection
Not a toy with batteries
You're the object of my affection
Not a rescue remedy, oh no
You're the object of my affection
Come to me

Shawn Colvin - Fat City

Oct 1992

1. Polaroids
2. Tennessee
3. Tenderness On The Block
4. Round Of Blues
5. Monopoly
6. Orion In The Sky
7. Climb On (A Back That's Strong)
8. Set The Prairie On Fire
9. Object Of My Affection
10. Kill The Messenger
11. I Don't Know Why