Wouldn't it be so wonderful If everything were meaningless But everything is so meaningful And most everything turns to shit Rejoice
The ultra violet rays are washing over all the boys and girls As their moms lay tanning by the pool Oh look their dads are arriving home All the children
This line is metaphysical And on the one side, on the one side The bad half live in wickedness And on the other side, on the other side The good
Have you ever seen an idealist with gray hairs on his head or successful men who keep in touch with unsuccessful friends you only think you did yeah
Here we have our dust-free dining set We guarantee it won't collect a speck Freeing up the children to instead Grow into your molding Heed more of
This is how we multiply Pity that it's not my wife The friction and skin The trembling sigh This is how our bodies moves With everything that we could
Paramedics, brave and strong up before the break of dawn putting poker faces on broken bodies all day long the neighbors heard a fight someone had
It's Priceless when you said you had to work late When we both know you're at a motel Here's the thing that's so much more depressing Then the infidelities
The patch, the aftershave, the european cigarettes The taxi, the alcohol that lingers on your breath The lipstick, the street lamp, the woven overcoat
Wouldn't it be so wonderful? If everything were meaningless But everything is so meaningful And most everything turns to shit Rejoice! Rejoice! Rejoice
We were walking, holding hands With our bare feet in the sand And the seagulls over head When I broke the spell and said I could never divorce you
