Funny Papers

Album: Balloonerism (2025)
Charted: 77
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  • Did no one ever teach you how to dance?
    Nobody ever taught you how to dance?
    Well- well, everyone knows how to dance
    There's only so much time

    Yeah, somebody died today, I
    I saw his picture in the funny papers
    Didn't think anybody died on a Friday
    Some angry banker, some kind of money trader
    Recently divorced, was drunk drivin' down the highway
    And drove off the bridge to his wedding song
    Blew out the bass in his speakers, you can still hear the treble goin'
    The hospital was useless, and everything was quiet but the music
    Recently, I only meet peace when in deep sleep
    Been the same dream, world safe, smile on her face
    Waitin' on the other side
    I wonder if He'll take me to the other side, yeah
    What your eyes see, too naive for war, and that'll screw ya
    Still bet it all on the glory, hallelujah
    I heard the answer in the gibberish of an old drunk
    All he said was he's in no rush

    If I could just pay my rent by Tuesday
    I bet I'd be rich by April Fools' day
    The moon's wide awake, with a smile on his face
    As he smuggle constellations in his suitcase
    Don't you love silence?

    Everything quiet but the music
    Everything quiet but the music
    Do you love silence? (Ooh-ooh-ooh)
    Everything quiet but the music
    (Hoo-hoo, hoo-hoo, hoo-hoo-hoo, hoo)

    Somebody gave birth to a baby boy
    I saw his picture in the funny papers
    Eleven pounds, named after his uncle Gabriel
    His mother cried with her lips against his soft face
    Why'd she bring these bright eyes into this dark place?
    Oh, sweet, sweet oblivion
    Way before the information gets settled in
    I swear to God I never wanna sin again
    But I fear that trouble's on its way (yeah)
    The mind go with age, don't surrender
    My mistake, I misplaced all of my remembers
    Baby, there's a little vacation in the dresser
    Take one for depression, and two for your temper

    If I could just pay my rent by Tuesday
    I bet I'd be rich by April Fools' day
    The moon's wide awake, with a smile on his face
    As he smuggle constellations in his suitcase
    Don't you love silence?

    Oh shit, here come the icebreaker
    It's danger when he's bringin' out the lightsaber
    The words awesome but he's talkin' outta turn often
    I blew the fuck up, then became the world's problem
    Bad hygiene, all about that gross life
    Hate to see somebody fuckin' up their own life
    Just roll the dice and put twenty on midnight
    Have a feelin' we gon' win tonight
    'Cause when the snakes start slitherin', you spot the chameleons
    You realize you surrounded by reptilians
    Shit, I ain't an innovator
    Just a motherfuckin' illustrator

    Why does it matter
    At all? Ooh-oh, ooh-oh Writer/s: Malcolm James McCormick, Stephen Bruner, Taylor Greaves
    Publisher: Royalty Network, Third Side Music Inc., Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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