jonah mutono – comedy

i told him
and he said no
and that’s fine i guess
if you say so

in a movie
in the front row
while a man kills a superhero
and i never believed that i could want someone so bad
when he’d have any company

i met him
at the front door
and i put on the world’s greatest show
and it hurts me
that he won’t know
he’s the only one i’d do this for
and i never believed that i could fuck it up so bad
maybe he’ll stay for the comedy

oh one day we’ll laugh about it
at parties when our house is crowded
won’t believe that he ever doubted the truth
great big home with a hint of heartache
and portraits hanging down the hallway
all i’ll want is a bitter tonic or two
and he’ll stay ’cause it’s funny wouldn’t you?

he shot me
in the marquee
while the wasps were mixing and feeding
and i dread him
but i let him
’cause i thought that maybe he’d need me
and i never achieved a finer love to redeem that
it’s only murder and misery
’cause i just live in a comedy

oh one day we’ll laugh about it
at parties when our house is crowded
won’t believe that he ever doubted the truth
great big home with a hint of heartache
and portraits hanging down the hallway
all i’ll want is a bitter tonic or two
and he’ll stay ’cause it’s funny wouldn’t you?

oh one day we’ll hide a body
he won’t be able to live without me
for all he knows loving me is a dream come true
old town hall with a priest to marry
we’ll ride off in a red jalopy
and he asks how we fell in love he’ll have no clue
it’ll play to the cheapseats
that he’d even want me
and he may never love me
but he’ll stay cause it’s funny
and you’d stay too
wouldn’t you?