Didn't Know What I Was In For

My telephone, it doesn't have a camera
 If it did I'd take a picture of myself
 If it did I'd take a picture of the water
 And the man on the offramp
 Holding up the sign that's asking me for help
 I got a job and I'll work here for the summer
 I fold the towels and set them by the pool
 Everyone looks happy with each other
 'Til they step away and say the thing they really meant
 They always sound so cruel
 
 I didn't know what I was in for
 When I signed up for that run
 
 There's no way I'm curing cancer
 But I'll sweat it out
 I feel so proud now for all the good I've done
 I know a girl who owns a boutique in the city
 Selling clothes to the fashionably late
 Says she cries at the news but doesn't really
 'Cause it's too much fun, it's too much time
 And too much plastic money to be made
 I didn't know what I was in for
 When they took my belt and strings
 
 They told me I'd gone crazy
 My arms are strapped in a straight jacket
 So I couldn't save those TV refugees
 When they're on their backs
 In a bloody bath
 Full of Sarin gas
 On a screen
 I didn't know what I was in for
 When I laid out in the sun
 We get burned for being honest
 I've really never done anything, for anyone
 To fall asleep I need white noise to distract me
 Otherwise I have to listen to me think
 Otherwise I pace around, hold my breath, let it out
 Sit on the couch and think about
 How living's just a promise that I made