Dumb & Poetic
Sabrina Carpenter, Short n’ Sweet, 2024
Writers: Sabrina Carpenter, Julia Michaels, Amy Allen
Producer: John Ryan
Label: Island
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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