The Humour of the Situation           
             

When you walked in, I said with a grin 
That we were just talking about you 
We all had to lie because you would cry 
If you knew we were laughing at you 
In the momentary lull before the band begins to play 
There's an overwhelming stench of alibi 

Come on now, now 
Come on now, now 
Enjoy the humour of the situation 
Come on now, now 
Come on now, now 
Enjoy the humour of the situation 

I said on the phone 'don't wait til I'm home' 
But I'm sure I could hear you crying 
I said where I was, but you doubt it because 
It's the caller I.D. you're buying 
In the hour that it took for me to drive up to the door 
You'd arranged all my belongings on the lawn 

Come on now, now 
Come on now, now 
Enjoy the humour of the situation 
Come on now, now 
Come on now, now 
Enjoy the humour of the situation 

Have you heard the one about the boy 
Who moved into the henhouse to sleep? 
He woke up with egg on his face 
When he found out all the hens had crossed the street 

Come on now, now 
Come on now, now 
Enjoy the humour of the situation 
Come on now, now 
Come on now, now 
Enjoy the humour of the situation 

As I walked out, I thought about all I had left behind me 
I felt a chill because I was still 
Wearing the emperor's new clothes 
My mind was racing with each chance that I had missed 
While your next door neighbour soaked be with the house 
I've never felt so small, I've never been so dissed 
As I shiver, dripping, while the chorus goes: 

Come on now, now 
Come on now, now 
Enjoy the humour of the situation
             
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