You Can't Afford Me
19 June 1992
Sent a letter to you. You're my best friend.
___ ___ ___ ___. You can learn now.
Sent a letter to you. Tell you cool things.
I've been working for so long.
You're coming over. ___ ___ ___
Sent a letter to you. Tell you cool things.
I've been working for so long.
You said so long.
__ ___ ___. __ ___ ___
Sent a letter to you. All the cool things.
Now you call my house. Talk to my friends
___ ___. ___. ___. Up. ___. Out. In.
Cut fresh from college. You're being moved now.
You'll be singing.
You're falling out now. You could ___ ___.
You'll be laughing.
Tell you cool things that you ain't done right.
You can laugh. You can love life. You can dig it.
You can walk.
__ __ __ ___ ___. ___ __ ___ ___.
I know it.
All the cool things that you [ain't done?] right.
You'll be thanking me. Thank me later. __ ___ loving.
You've been hanging on.
___.
___ ___ ___ __. You can thank them.
Loving it.
All the cool things that you ain't done right.
You'll be thanking me. Thank me later.
You're my best friend. Best.
You've been hanging on.
Does that sound wrong?
You left. So long.
20 Mar. 1993
Free. You write dirt. You write glue.
__ __ __ up.
Yeah. You're fine. You're screwed.
I ___ __ get up.
___.
__ ___ did wrong. __ ___
___.
All the cool things that I ain't done right.
Listen. ___ __ ___ __.
like you know what's up.
We can help you. We can buy you. We can own you.
Fuck it up.
___ ___ ___ ___. ___. Such a ____ time now.
___ ___ ___ __. ___ ___.
___ ___. ___ ___. It doesn't matter much.
Notes:
Unreleased; performed live in 1992 and 1993; the song was considerably longer in mid-1992. Blake comments during one performance that the lyrics are improvised each time; this seems to be true for the verses, but not the chorus.
Blake sometimes introduced this song as the band's "angry song," which was the title that tape traders used for many years.