Bad Joke

Bad Joke


You told me – be a man
Whatever that is
You told me not to forget what I forgive
Some words were wisdom
Some words were ice
Some left me cold
Some just – left me twice

Call it a bad joke
You’re still laughing
Think I could cry – myself to sleep
If I could find the tears I’m holding
Find the tears I’m holding back – behind this smile
Behind this smiling show of teeth

You told me – it’s all right
It’ll all work out
There ain’t no wolf – that can blow houses down
Sometimes I listened
Sometimes I’d play pretend
These days all I hear
Is what we call, “the howling wind!”

Call it a bad joke
But you’re still laughing
Think I could cry – myself to sleep
If I could find the tears I’m holding
Find the tears I’m holding back – behind this smile
Behind this smiling show of teeth

You told me – be a man
Is that what I did?
Never kissed a ring, unless it left blood down my lips
Tried to hold a woman
I held her by her hair
You told me so many things
I wish I hadn’t cared

You told me – it’s all right
That it’ll all work out
There ain’t no wolf – that can blow houses down
The sky could never fall
And blood money trumps all sin
But these days all I hear
Is what we call, “the howling wind!”

And it’s a bad joke
But you’re still laughing
Think I could cry – myself to sleep
If I could find the tears I’m holding
Find the tears I’m holding back – behind this smile
Behind this smiling show of teeth

Yeah, it’s a bad joke
But you’re still laughing
Think I could cry – myself to sleep
If I could find the tears I’m holding
Find the tears I’m holding back – behind this smile
Behind this smiling show of teeth

Behind this smile
Behind this smiling show of teeth


March 21, 2017