The Unapologetic Mathematician

A year ago I kicked off with a Mary Prankster track, and I think it’s about time I get back to her. I can’t find a video, unfortunately, and WordPress seems to be acting up. So, with no further ado, from her third (and best) album, Tell Your Friends, “La Resistance”

I’ve got excellent intentions
And unbeatable excuses
And I’m moderate in vices
With the usual abuses

I’ve got entertaining stories
And a cheerful disposition
And fanatical devotion
To a kamikaze mission

You can take your common sense and head it out the door
If you have no confidence in what I`m fighting for
I love you, baby — I just love me so much more

And so you see, my vanity comes through for me
More often than you do for me
And in the end I’ll choose the path of most resistance

And you’ll say, “It doesn’t have to be this way”
Try and pull me back in play
Rue the day you ever learned of my existence

I’ve got well-examined motives
And a pre-ordained direction
I’m utopian by preference
But I’ll settle for perfection

I’ve got friends of every flavor
Evangelical and shifty
And if I can crack this open
I’m taking everybody with me

You can take your common sense and head it out the door
You have no confidence in what I`m fighting for
I love you, baby — I just love me so much more

And so you see, my vanity comes through for me
More often than you do for me
And in the end I’ll choose the path of most resistance

And you’ll say, “It doesn’t have to be this way”
Try and pull me back in play
Rue the day you ever learned of my existence

You can take your precedents and head ‘em out the door
‘Cause this ain’t like anything that’s ever come before
And I love you, baby — I just love me so much more

And so you see, my vanity comes through for me
More often than you do for me
And in the end I’ll choose the path of most resistance

And you’ll say, “It doesn’t have to be this way”
Try and pull me back in play
Rue the day you ever learned of my existence
Yes you will!