Say you see through the folly
But you do it for the fame
And I'm fighting the jet stream
Drinking cheap wine on airplanes
You're in LA, not Chicago
Key under mat
Walk the dog, order in
Home alone

Found your letter on a full moon Sunday night
Some other girl in your spell, casting plans for a life
Pour the vodka, dull sharp eyes
Read the words, diamonds on rings
You didn't mean to do it
So I don't have to believe it
If you didn't really mean it
Then magical thinking gets us by

Sing for the after-show, those candy-colored lips
Your age is showing and you've gotta work harder for it
It's always easier with freshmen
They're not as clever, but she'll bring you to life
And you didn't mean to do it
So I don't have to believe it
If you didn't really mean it
Then magical thinking gets us by

My fairweather friend

Fairweather friend

you live Say for the folly,
but you did it for the fame
Now you're fragile as porcelain
Drinking cheap wine on airplanes
Did I ever leave Chicago?

I got your message, glad you're doing well
And you didn't mean to do it
So I don't have to believe it
If we didn't really mean it
Then magical thinking gets us by

Gets us by, gets us by

Say you see through the folly
But you did it for the fame

You say you see through the folly
But you did it for the fame

You say you see through the folly
But you did it for the fame

You say you see through the folly
But you did it for the fame

My fairweather friend