Slim Pickins
Sabrina Carpenter, Short ‘n Sweet, 2024
Writers: Sabrina Carpenter, Julia Michaels, Amy Allen, John Ryan, Julian Bunetta
Producers: John Ryan, Julian Bunetta
Label: Island
All Sabrina Carpenter clean lyrics and chords.
2, 8-counts* (~0:12)
Guess I’ll spend this life alone,
I am not dramatic.
These are just the thoughts that pass right through me.
All the drama in my phone,
play ’em like a slot machine.
if they’re winnin’, I’m just losin’.
A boy who’s smart and kind,
can’t find his books to save my time
Oh, it’s slim pickings,
If I can’t have the one I love,
I guess it’s you that I’ll be missin’.
Just to get my fixings
since the good ones are asleep or taken.
I’ll just keep on slidin’ and slippin’
Ah-ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah-ah
I mean, what’s a girl to do?
This boy doesn’t even know
the difference between “there,” “their” and “they are.”
Yet he’s sittin’ in my room
missin’ all the things he’s missin’.
We know that he’s not really in charge
A boy who’s nice that breathes,
I swear he’s nowhere to be seen.
It’s slim pickings.
If I can’t have the one I love,
I guess it’s you that I’ll be missin’.
Just to get my fixings
since the good ones are asleep or taken.
I’ll just keep on cryin’ and fussin’
mumblin’ and grievin’
Since the good ones say their texts are wasted,
and since my mom forgot my day awakenin’.
Then I’ll just be here in the kitchen
servin’ up some whinin’ and sulkin’.
*start counting at first guitar note