I don’t love you for your graveyard eyes
I don’t love you for your shaven thighs
I just love you for that
Beat-beat-beat-beat-beating
I don’t love you for your tattered tie
I don’t love you, and I don’t know why
I just love you for that
Beat-beat-beat-beat-beating
I’ve got a safety pin stuck in my heart
For you, for you
I don’t love you for your professed hate
I don’t love you for your cards of fate
I just love you for that
Beat-beat-beat-beat-beating
I don’t love you for your painted shoes
I don’t love you for your friends you never choose
I just love you for that
Beat-beat-beat-beat-beating
I’ve got a safety pin stuck in my heart
For you, for you
I don’t love you for your many reasons
Propagandas, doctrines, treasons
All I know’s that
Beat-beat-beat-beat-beating
I’ve got an ear inflamed on my dog chain
Painted faces, painted names —
My shirt — it’s all that
Beat-beat-beat-beat-beating
I’ve got a safety pin stuck in my heart
For you, for you
