Stranded
by Jon Eric

(various conversations, lunch-room gossip. Highlights include the phrase "Doesn't she get tired of being his dirty little secret?" and "How do you think she got the job, stupid?" Full transcript available upon request)

It only bothers you when you're alone
You know he's with his family at home
Brooding, you think he's thinking of you
You hesitate and then pick up the phone
It rings five times and then he says hello
In hushed tones, he tells you that you're through

(chorus)
Hey, how did you know
How to take her, how to break her with a smile?
Hey, how did you know
How to make her fell exactly like a child?
You like to tell yourself you set her free
When you left her lying, crying on the floor
But on the far bank of reality
She's never gonna love you anymore

She left her friends behind to be with him
But when she calls them now, there's no one in
They warned her, they said that she'd be sorry
The bed is warm, she's still in all her clothes
She doesn't set her clock because she knows
She won't be welcome at work tomorrow

(chorus)

You tell me that you love him
This much I understand
You swear again you love him
Like a cyclone loves the land
You love him like you're drowning
And he's a breath of air
You love him like you're stranded
And he's your signal flare

(I'll tell you a secret if you come in close...)

He never cared about you (x4)

(chorus)
'Cause you left her lying stranded on the shore
No one's ever gonna love you anymore