everybody likes a pretty girl / everybody wants someone who can't be his / they say there's more to life than pretty girls / but if there's more to life i don't know what it is / i went along with every ruse that she played on me / she put me down to break my pride, still i waited so patiently / to find a way to turn the light in her eyes on / to cut a key that eventually might open up that door / you know i never wanted anything more / everybody likes a pretty girl / everybody wants someone who can't be his / i sent you postcards from the brink of insanity / wrote you song after stupid song and you called it my vanity / and if desire is the root of my suffering / i never want to want again / i'll want nothing at all / except for sitting here just waiting for the call / everybody likes a pretty girl / everybody loves it when you say you're his / they say there's more to life than pretty girls / but if there's more to life i don't know what it is