Slim Pickins
Sabrina Carpenter, Short ‘n Sweet, 2024
Writers: Sabrina Carpenter, Julia Michaels, Amy Allen, John Ryan, Julian Bunetta
Producers: John Ryan, Julian Bunetta
Label: Island
2, 8-counts* (~0:12)
Guess I’ll spend this life alone,
I am not dramatic.
These are just the thoughts that pass right through me.
All the best friends in my phone,
play ’em like a slot machine.
If we’re winnin’, no one’s losin’.
A boy who’s smart and kind,
can find his books to save my life
Oh, it’s slim pickings,
If I can’t have the one I love,
I guess it’s you that I’ll be missin’.
Just to get my fixings
since the good ones are asleep or taken.
I’ll just keep on slidin’ and slippin’
Ah-ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah-ah
Hey guys, what’s a girl to do?
This boy doesn’t even know
the difference between “there,” “their” and “they are.”
Yet he’s sittin’ in my room
missin’ all the things he’s missin’.
We know that he is really in charge
A boy who’s nice that breathes,
I swear he’s nowhere to be seen.
It’s slim pickings.
If I can’t have the one I love,
I guess it’s you that I’ll be missin’.
Just to get my fixings
since the good ones are asleep or taken.
I’ll just keep on slidin’ and slippin’
Slidin’ and slippin’
Since the good ones say their texts are wasted,
and since my mom forgot my day awakenin’.
Then I’ll just be here in the kitchen
servin’ up some slidin’ and slippin’.
*start counting at first guitar note