Box Office Poison - Bubblegum And Dimes lyrics

The first time I went to her house I brought Chinese food in a bag

I wasn't greeted at the doorway by her, but her dad

He said "You better stay outside."

I said "What for?"

He said "You second class poor boys treat my daughter like a whore."

Melanie, I fell hard for her on some Long Island beach

But she was the kind of girl, only a special man could reach

After all I work on the Triboro collectin' your tolls

Her daddy gave em one last chance and I took her out to bowl.

They got a speed boat, I take the subway

An indoor pool and pockets of cash

A dozen acres on the north shore

I live above a discount store

So I replaced my leather with a tie

traded in my jeans, to make the mirror lie

When her dad saw me, he knew I was tryin'

he said "that was your last chance, don't want you feedin from the family line."

They got a speed boat, I take the subway

An indoor pool and pockets of cash

born without a family fortune was I

Can't get home with bubblegum and dimes

And so her brother caught us, talking through her window

But I said "I love you" before he got to me

the fist on my head was heavy as a cello

he said "You'd better not see my sister again."

When I tell my friends this, they all find it funny. The only thing I learned

is don't act like you got money