Sara Bareilles – Poetry by Dead Men

Lyrics, Letras: Sara Bareilles – Poetry by Dead Men Lyrics

Verse 1
By the time you hear this, I’ll be in the rearview mirror
I’ll even wear that green dress you like so when I disappear
You can turn around, one last look at who you lost
In time, your turn to make up your mind between the two of us
Go and take some more time, but me and mine must go

Pre-Chorus
I tried to wait it out, no more
Can’t find the man I was waiting for

Chorus
I wanted to be your girl in the white T-shirt
Over coffee, stirring in the cinnamon
While you read me poetry by dead men
I wanted to be your girl with your hands on my skin
Stirring in the cinnamon
While you read me poetry by dead men
(While you read me poetry by dead men)
While you read me poetry by dead men

Verse 2
By the time you read this, who knows where I might be
Singing about another near-miss love that ended incomplete
I tried to wait it out, no more
Can’t find the man I was waiting for
All the secrets I’ve been keeping
? but then you just kept disappearing

Pre-Chorus
A good dream, almost
Now I tell your ghost

Chorus
I wanted to be your girl in the white T-shirt
Over coffee, stirring in the cinnamon
While you read me poetry by dead men
I wanted to be your girl with your hands on my skin
Stirring in the cinnamon
While you read me poetry by dead men
(While you read me poetry by dead men)
While you read me poetry by dead men

Bridge
I am done ?, the words just live to remind
The two of us, what we could have been
Poetry by dead men
? how can I make you remember?
With a turn of a phrase, would turn to me if I say
I still want to be your girl

Chorus
I still want to be your girl in a white T-shirt
Over coffee, stirring in the cinnamon
While you read me poetry by dead men
I wanted to be your girl with your hands on my skin
Stirring in the cinnamon
While you read me poetry by dead men
(While you read me poetry by dead men)
While you read me poetry by dead men