Jeffrey Lewis, The Junkyard - To Be Objectified lyrics

I left a trail of myself every
Place that I have been through
And going bald is the most manly
Thing that I'm ever gonna do
I tell the earth, "thanks for the
Hair, thanks for the skin
Thanks for the bone"
Though I now slowly give it back
I still appreciate the loan
Just tell me that you like me in
The same sentence as a mountain side
'Cause it would be such a
Relief to be objectified
'Cause who says it's so important to
Sort through these thoughts of ours
Maybe be that's why we love to try
To see ourselves from the outside
In photographs and videos and
Diaries and mirrors
'Cause it would be such a
Relief to be objectified
And the closest that I ever got still
Seems to leave a lot to go
But the horizon seems to be a
Place that nobody can know
Looking forth and looking back
Our vision can't extend beyond the quaint
Vanishing points our bodies' recommend
And I'll help you move some furniture
Somewhere it's never been before
But the room's so small
The dresser drawer won't
Let us get back out the door
Just tell me that you like me in
The same sentence as the building
It would be such a relief to
I'm just a natural thing we're only boats
And the boats are only empty
And you can't blame an empty boat that's
On a river to the sea
You can't blame a billion
Boats without a sail, without a sailor
And that's how we look
In photographs, and diaries, and mirrors
And the plants turn into ants
And the ants turn into plants
And children are clumsy people
And old people are rotting Children
And I still don't have a cell phone
But this sea shell gets Reception
And the ocean won't stop calling
And I want a restraining order
Just tell me that you like me in
The same sentence as a building
It would be such a relief to
See I'm just a natural thing
We're just a natural thing
Just like anything