Pictures of Success

Rilo Kiley

Build your own television receiver,
Staying home can't be that bad for me
'Cause I'm not scared, but I'd like
Some extra spare time,
Easily earn me big money
I'm a modern girl, but I fold in half so easily When I put myself in the picture of success
I could learn world trade or try to map the ocean

When you're dead, in hospitals and freeways
When you're dead, in resting homes and clinics
When you're dead, it must be nice to finish
When you're dead

I've had it with you,
And Mexico can fucking wait
And all of those French films about trains
'Cause I'm not scared, but I'd like
Some extra spare time
I'm not scared, but the bills
Keep changing colors

When you're dead, in hospitals and freeways
When you're dead, in dress shirts and neck ties
When you're dead, in apartments and on beaches
When you're dead

They say California is a recipe for a black hole
And I say I've got my best shoes on,
I'm ready to go
Ready to go, ready to go, I'm ready to go
Ready to go, ready to go, I'm ready to go

These are times that can't be weathered
And we have never been back there since then
These are times that can't be weathered
And we haven't been back there since then
These are times that can't be weathered
And we have never been back there since then
These are times that can't be weathered
And we haven't been back there since then