Song Description

Sweetly-sung, clipped litany of pain - a woman's lover leaves her for her best friend - and she moves to California...

Lyrics

LAUGHABLE TRAGEDY

He never wanted me.
He sang my songs
In that old blue thinking cap
He cried into his bourbon
I held his hand
But he never wanted me.

He never wanted me.
We walked by the rainy river
I trembled every time
He air-conducted Mahler
He touched his arm to mine
But he never wanted me.

So I ran across the sea
To sunny California
Where the skies are always blue
Where tears don't last for long
'Cos we've got plastic smiles in our pockets --
And I'm gonna have one tattooed onto my lips

As a reminder
To remember
And never
Trust anyone
Who's too fond
Of Mahler.

And my face
Is twisted
From thinking
Too much
Of this laughable tragedy.

She said she was my friend
I nurtured her like a wounded bird
So blonde, so fragile
She came back from Germany
And she made him smile
She said she was my friend

She said she was my friend
But she walked away with him
And left me speechless
She said well he's beautiful
And I said yes
She said she was my friend

-REPEAT PRE-CHORUS-

As a reminder
To remember
And never
Trust anyone
With blond hair
And sad eyes

And my face
Is twisted
From thinking
Too much
Of this laughable tragedy.

When I was young I wasted all my time
Dancing with shadows,
Teaching injured birds to fly.

-REPEAT PRE-CHORUS-
-REPEAT CHORUS 1-