[Verse 1]
There's a literal way that you can take everything I say
We could end this right now if you want it that way, but you don't want it that way
East Coast stories out of books breed ugly, hateful looks in the streets of New York and LA
There's gotta be some kind of institution, but all I see are problems without the solutions, and
[Chorus]
God don't make things that you can rearrange
And that's okay 'cause I can't take the change
And I'll be happy when my friends don't go
When we're in this town for good, I'll know
[Verse 2]
I'll see you somewhere like Saturdays on museum stairs
And in friends' cars and outside of Irish bars and underneath the same stars
That lit our situations, our impulses and our hesitations
Will shine on me when this all works out like your planned and I can tell you that I understand 'cause
[Chorus]
God don't make things that you can rearrange
And that's okay 'cause I can't take the change
And I'll be happy when my friends don't go
When we're in this town for good, I'll know
Karate released The Same Stars on Wed Nov 18 1998.