YOU RUIN MY GOOD TASTE

You Ruin My Good Taste [Verse 1 — Female] I came for conversation And one respectable glass I meant to leave by half past ten With all my standards intact You arrived with bad intentions Wearing confidence like cologne I moved my chair an inch away Then moved it back when no one looked [Verse 1B — Male] I heard you liked good manners So I polished up my lies I promised not to stare at you Then failed before the wine arrived You spoke of art and weather I lost the sense of both I blamed the room, the candlelight And naturally, your coat [Pre-Chorus — alternating voices] [Both] This isn’t love [Female] Let’s not be crude [Both] It’s merely bad judgment In excellent shoes [Chorus — Both] You ruin my good taste My timing and my grammar You turn my careful silence Into something with a stammer I had standards, I had manners I had reasons to behave Then you smiled across the table And good taste could not be saved [Verse 2 — exchange] [Female] You laugh at all the wrong things [Male] You order for yourself [Female] You interrupt my best excuse [Male] You never needed help [Female] I find you quite impossible [Male] I find you hard to leave [Both] We disagree on everything Including what we mean [Pre-Chorus — alternating voices] [Female] This isn’t fate [Male] Don’t be absurd [Both] It’s merely two people Misplacing a word [Chorus — Both] You ruin my good taste My timing and my grammar You turn my careful silence Into something with a stammer I had standards, I had manners I had reasons to behave Then you smiled across the table And good taste could not be saved [Bridge] [Female] I blame the wine [Male] I blame the moon [Female] I blame this dreadful band [Male] I blame the way you said goodbye [Both] While holding onto my hand [Final Chorus — Both] You ruin my good taste My timing and my grammar You turn my careful silence Into something with a stammer I had standards, I had manners I had reasons to behave Then you smiled across the table And good taste could not be saved [Outro] [Female] I told the host not to seat you here [Male] Of course. I understand. [Female] I only changed the place cards twice Before the evening began