Stephin Merritt, The Magnetic Fields - Rats in the Garbage of the Western World lyrics

This is the darkest place I've ever been
But, I like all of you that I have seen
You stepped out of the TV screen
And into my most personal dreams

I don't wanna go home with you
But the TV tells me what to do
I don't wanna fall in love with you
But, I've been conditioned to

We are the rats in the
Garbage of the Western world
We are the rats in the
Garbage of the Western world
We are the rats in the
Garbage of the Western world so let's dance
I wouldn't look twice if I were sober enough
But, I can tell you're a diamond in the rough
The way you don't talk and
The way you don't walk just like a model
I know this is gonna be love



In a place like this with a boy like you
Anything could happen if you want it to
I want to shoot you and hang you on my wall
But there's no film in my Polaroid

We are the rats in the
Garbage of the Western world
We are the rats in the
Garbage of the Western world
We are the rats in the
Garbage of the Western world so let's dance

We are the rats in the
Garbage of the Western world
We are the rats in the
Garbage of the Western world
We are the rats in the
Garbage of the Western world so let's dance