The Joke Lyrics

Every day is a toil and grind

All it costs is your body and your mind

When I was young my teacher told me a joke

It went what do you want to be

I didn't get it, so I laughed to be polite

As the comic made a note for parent-teacher night

Your sense of wonder in the world goes away

Replaced by fear, despair, and dismay at the decay

Decay

Hahaha

Every day is a toil and a grind

All it costs is your body and your mind

Every night is another chance to fail

Tell us lies, tell us that we might prevail

Some family lived down the street from me

We used to visit every day after school

Did we drift apart when we moved away

Or, was it when I started listening to what they'd say

Your sense of wonder in the world goes away

Replaced by fear, despair, and dismay at the decay

Every day is a toil and a grind

All it costs is your body and your mind

Every night is another chance to fail

Tell us lies, tell us that we might prevail

Every day another chance to make things right

Every hour still alive is out of spite

Every minute spent with you goes far too fast

Every second is bound to be our last