Taking What's Not Yours

English translation

Take it, take it, steal it, take it, what's not yours, take it, what's not yours, take it, what's not yours, that.

Take it, take it, steal it, take it, what's not yours, take it, what's not yours, take it, what's not yours, that.

Take it, take it, steal it, take it, what's not yours, take it, what's not yours, take it, what's not yours, that.

Take it, take it, steal it, take it, what's not yours, take it, what's not yours, take it, what's not yours, that.

I don't really know if she cares or not.

All I know is she left a lot of stuff in my apartment she's never getting back.

It has her smell on the pillowcase, her cigarettes might stay, like a Roman Colosseum, a dry and worthless monument to our love. Ooh, I still have your lighter. Ooh, I still have your book.

Ooh, I still have everything you brought but you never took.

You know where to find me, and I know where to look.

I-I-I-I'm not a, not a crook.

Take it, take it, steal it, take it, what's not yours, take it, what's not yours, take it, what's not yours, that.

Take it, take it, steal it, take it, what's not yours, take it, what's not yours, take it, what's not yours, that.

Take it, take it, steal it, take it, what's not yours, take it, what's not yours, take it, what's not yours, that.

Take it, take it, steal it, take it, what's not yours, take it, what's not yours, take it, what's not. . .

I don't really know if she knows or not, but I left some things in her jewelry box, and she's wearing out my rings and taking the compliments meant for me.

And although I think I'll miss them, at least there's proof of my existence.

A captive little soldier on her fingers, deep behind enemy lines.

Ooh, I still have your lighter. Ooh, I still have your book.

Ooh, I still have everything you brought but you never took.

You know where to find me, and I know where to look.

I-I-I-I'm not a, not a, I'm not a crook.

Take it, take it, steal it, take it, what's not yours, take it, what's not yours, take it, what's not yours, that.

Take it, take it, steal it, take it, what's not yours, take it, what's not yours, take it, what's not yours, that.

Take it, take it, steal it, take it, what's not yours, take it, what's not yours, take it, what's not yours, that.

Take it, take it, steal it, take it, what's not yours, take it, what's not -yours, take it, what's not yours, that.

-My copy of Gravity's Rainbow that she probably didn't read.

And how about my Laura Nyro record she probably threw away when she moved?

And how about the half a box of lentils from when I cooked her food that she probably didn't use?

I want to dedicate this jam to all those things I left behind in girls' apartments and various domiciles over the years. Sometimes you gotta leave in a hurry, man, what can I say?

Except I didn't forget about any of -it. I'd take it all back.

-Take it, take it, steal it, take it, what's not yours, take it, what's not yours, take it, what's not yours, that.

Take it, take it, steal it, take it, what's not yours, take it, what's not yours, take it, what's not yours, that.

Take it, take it, steal it, take it, what's not yours, take it, what's not yours, take it, what's not yours, that.

Take it, take it, steal it, take it, what's not yours, take it, what's not yours, take it, what's not yours, that.