Week Fifty-Two: Matthew Sweet - "Sick of Myself" - 100% Fun

This was actually the very first Matthew Sweet tune that I ever heard, and although it rivals "Where You Get Love" for my favorite song by Matthew Sweet because it also has kick-@rse guitar work in it, I still think "Where You Get Love" barely beats it out. I do like the lyrics to this song better though.

Interestingly enough, Texas band, Bowling for Soup, covered this one; so I'll include a YouTube clip for that under the lyrics, as well...

You don't know how you move me

Deconstruct me

And consume me

I'm all used up

I'm out of luck

I am starstruck

By something in your eyes that is keeping my hope alive

But I'm sick of myself when I look at you

Something is beautiful and true

In a world that's ugly and a lie

It's hard to even want to try

And I'm beginning to think Baby you don't know

I'll take or leave

The room to breathe

The choice to leave you

I'll throw away

A chance at greatness

Just to make this

Dream come into play, I don't know if I'll find a way

'Cause I'm sick of myself when I look at you

Something is beautiful and true

In a world that's ugly and a lie

It's hard to even want to try

And I'm beginning to think Baby you don't know

I'm beginning to think Baby you don't know

There's something in your eyes that is keeping my hope alive

But I'm sick of myself when I look at you

Something is beautiful and true

In a world that's ugly and a lie

It's hard to even want to try

And I'm beginning to think Baby you don't know

I'm beginning to think Baby you don't know