Barenaked Ladies — Running Out of Ink

[Verse 1] I stopped into a club, I thought I'd see a show Everyone was there, at least everyone I know Their knickers in a knot, their hands upon their heart The best they'd ever seen, the greatest work of art I wished that it was me [Chorus] It's bleaker than you think I'm running out of ink Give a guy a break This is what it takes to drive a man to drink [Verse 2] A party at a friend's, Toronto's coolest scene I thought I'd bring a tape to show them where I'd been They listened for a while, the lyrics made them smile They said that it was fine, although it's not their style I said it wasn't me [Verse 3] Once upon a time, they couldn't get enough Until I made it big and that's when it got rough Disappointed, no, perhaps a bit surprised To look them in the face and see it in their eyes They wish it wasn't me [Chorus] It's bleaker than you think I'm running out of ink Give a guy a break This is what it takes to drive a man to drink [Verse 4] I used to hold you close, you used to tell me things You never told a soul until you heard me sing The details of your life condensed into a song The neighbor and his wife work out and sing along And you can't look at me [Chorus] It's bleaker than you think I'm running out of ink Give a guy a break This is what it takes to drive a man to drink [Bridge] Could song be an alibi? A lyric replacement for falling in love But now that the well is dry I can't understand what I've been singing of Do you know what it is to love? To really love? To really love Do I? [Verse 5] I cycled by your house, I saw you on the lawn I see you all the time now that you are gone I tried to call your name but something made me stop I called you once a day until you called the cops And told them it was me [Verse 6] I filled a plastic bag with everything I wrote I threw it off a bridge and thought that it would float The water made it sink, the bag was bleeding ink I wished that I could swim, I wished that I could drink I wished that it was me [Chorus] It's bleaker than you think I'm running out of ink Give a guy a break This is what it takes to drive a man to drink [Chorus] It's bleaker than you think I'm running out of ink Give a guy a break This is what it takes to drive a man to drink