Am  C   G   F  G/F# Am/E
0   0   3   1   3    0
1   1   3   1   3    1
2   0   0   2   0    2
2   2   0   3   0    2
0   3   2   3   x    0
x   x   3   1   2    0


[Intro]

 Am
Are you frightened by the weight you possess or
 C
Is this life just weightlessness
 G
Smoggy twilight in A 
 G/F#
I can't think of one real thing to say
 Am
And you and me are walking in the canyons
 C
She forgets that we were friends
 G
I guess it all depends on your mood
 G/F#                            G
Why can't these meds be any damn good


[Verse 1]

(And she said)
 Am
Why can't you be
 C
Like my waterpik shower massager
 G                  G/F#
A sweet reliable machine
                         Am
And to tell the truth I don't feel less alone
            C                                      G
A water massager's the purest love I've ever known


[Verse 2]

 Am
Why can't you be
 C                G
Like when I was 13 (and I said)
 Am
Why can't you be
 C
Like an art house foreign movie
            G                         G/F#
Frank and sexy, red balloons and ennui

And aloof to me
 Am
And why can't you be
 C
A little more of a mystery


[Chorus]

  G
Why can't you be
 Am
The part of me that's missing
  C
Instead of leaving me for some other
  G
Said we're perfect for each other
  F                            Am
And I know we won't spend this life, alone. (and she said)


[Verse 3]

 Am
Why can't you be
  C
Like an out sourced government contract
     G                                 G/F#
I'm a fat cat gettin' away with anything
                    Am
Kicking some secret special powers
             C
Illumination rounds in showers
 G
Cause your tearing your hair out
 G/F#
While we can have a bed of flowers (and I said)


[Verse 4]

Am
Why can't you be
         C
Like the chicks out on the road
               G
Some girls are happy just to see me
                Am
Because you got moxie and a broken nose
            C
You take 'em away from this prose
            G
Sometimes a blowjob's not enough
 Am
Why can’t you play
 C
A little less rough


[Chorus]

G
Why can't you be
 Am
The part of me that's missing
           C
Instead of leaving me for some other
          G
Say we're perfect for each other
      F                          Am      G
And I know we wont go spend this life, alone


[Bridge]

 F      Am/E
Can we...
 G
just leave it be
         F       Am/E         G
We could live... our lives... separately
          F         Am/E
Could you forget... what happens to you
 G
To you and me
 F                 Am/E
When we're dead... and we'll be dead
           G
We'll have eternity
                    F      Am/E
And I will spend it all... missing you
 G
Missing you and me
               F     Am/E
So while I'm alive...
       G
I will always be
F
Seeking you out, diggin' you out,
          Am/E
wondering about how'd we go so far down
           G
And what's wrong with you, what's wrong with you and me


[Verse 5]

(and she said)
 Am
Why can't you be someone
 C
Looking deeper into me
     G
Like J.D. Salinger
         G/F#
Why do I challenge her
                    Am
In all these surface ways

That you displease
     C
Why can't you be
         G
A little more at ease, well


[Verse 6]

 Am
Why can't you be
       C
Like a hand rolled cigarette

I’m not joking
G                  G/F#
This masochistic self-pity pot smoking
 Am
And this city ditty
   C
I keep provoking you to leave me


[Outro]

(and she said)
Am
Why can't you be
C
Like a candle I can snuff
               G
You’re still a diamond in the rough
      G/F#
And I swear to god I've had enough
 Am        C                G
How can I call your bluff?