Dumb and Poetic – clean

Dumb & Poetic

Sabrina Carpenter, Short n’ Sweet, 2024

Writers: Sabrina Carpenter, Julia Michaels, Amy Allen

Producer: John Ryan

Label: Island

You’re so dumb and poetic
It’s just what I fall for,
I like the aesthetic
Every self-help book, you’ve already read it
Cherry-pick lines like they’re words you invented
Gold star for highbrow manipulation
And “love everyone” is your favorite quotation
Try to come off like you’re soft and well-spoken
Listen to lyrics by Leonard Cohen

Don’t think you… understand.
Just ’cause you talk like one,
doesn’t make you a man

You’re so sad there’s no communication
but baby you put us in this situation.
You’re running so fast from the hearts that you’re breakin’
Save all your breath for your floor meditation
You’re so empathetic, you’d make a great wife
And I promise the mud rooms aren’t changing your life
Well, you crashed the car and abandoned the wreckage
Mess with my head like it’s some kind of wet fish

Don’t think you… understand.
Just ’cause you act like one,
doesn’t make you a man

Don’t think you… understand.
Just ’cause you leave like one,
doesn’t make you a man

**Notes:

  • Asus should be played Asus2 if possible, otherwise Am will suffice.
  • In the chorus Cmaj7 should be played over E. As in Cmaj7/E