And You Dance

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Well you're drunk and you're dressed
In your Sunday best
By the grave on burial day
Folks say that you're coasting
Cos you're brazenly boasting
The deceased was a beast anyway

Now they say they need closure
And demand your composure
For the generous man we have lost
But the truth they've contrived
How he touched all our lives
Is a crock I would mock and riposte

Now you're shaking maracas as they shovel the dirt
Playing the trumpet as they're sullen and hurt
And your melody's lilting while their dreams are left wilting
And you dance as their rhythms are cut-off and curt

Now you're drunk and you're dressed
In your Sunday best
The day after burial day
And you're no longer coasting
Cos you're tipsily toasting
Here's to pissing your whole life away

Now you're sober but you're swaying
While your host lies decaying
Still hellbent on causing a scene
But the moment has finished
And your prospects diminished
And it's only yourself you demean

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from Penny Orchids, released December 16, 2012

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