Ah, la, la, la, la, la, ah I got a date on friday Not gonna eat anything 'till then I'm gonna' look so skinny She'll wanna feel my bones against her skin And I rehearse my pretense I say hello without too much intent She gonna' think I'm dreamy She'll wanna show me off to all her friends Yeah you know she would (Yeah you know she would) Yeah you know she would I'm manifesting love and fate I am man and I confess I'm fake When I go hungry, I go nail and tooth When I go hungry, I go hungry, I go hungry For the truth I didn't write no book on love I picked up, then put it down It didn't get me off the top Yeah, ah Yeah, ahh In my design I will be funny In my design she will have a laugh that can't pretend In my design I will have money I'll grab the tab and I'll tip sixty percent I'm manifesting love and fate I am a man so I must be insane When I go hungry I go through the bowl When I go hungry, I go hungry I will eat my little ones I thought I wrote the book on fun Until I put it out to find I couldn't sell a single one Yeah, Yeah Yeah I'm manifesting love and fate I am a man and I confess I'm fake When I go hungry I go nail and tooth When I go hungry, I go hungry, I go hungry For the truth I didn't write no book on love I picked it up, then put it down It didn't get me off the top