no - there's nothing like a wounded heel
to kick you while you're down.
the spinning saw & buzzing wheel
will drive you to the ground.
statues silhouette your broken heart -
your postcard's in the mail!
take your parking tickets, your false starts...
that old ship is setting sail.
and when it stops? it's not your loss.
just bear that cross - and laugh it off, boy, laugh it off!
the hangman sharpens up his noose.
faces frown and fall away.
no - there's nothing worse than to get confused
when someone tells you what to say!
but when it stops? just bear that cross.
and it's no one's loss - so just cry it off, boy.
cry it off, boy.
oh, if only you were young -
had the sense to carry on...
you can't be stopped!
and it's not your loss!
but it's not enough, it's never enough -
it's the politics of love!
so just laugh it off, boy, laugh it off!
credits
from Alpaca Your Bags,
released December 23, 2016
vocals, guitars, bass, piano, synth, fiddle, melodica, xylophone, mellotron, drum machine
by slumplifter
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