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Bad Wine and Lemon Cake Lyrics by The Jane Austen Argument

The Birthing Pyre

2011

[Verse 1]
I have a little house
Close to town, but not to the city
Far from home, but near my family
No water views, but so close to the sea, I see
This is how my little life could be
[Verse 2]
And I'm filling it with things
Like furniture I find on the street
And all the special things I'd like to eat
Pictures of people that I'd like to meet
I'll meet them when I'm orbiting the world
[Chorus]
And it's so pretty and so lonely
[Verse 3]
My lovely love affairs
Are all scheduled 'round the TV guide
And my sex life has all been plagiarized
In an attempt to meet a harsh deadline
[Verse 4]
I'd like to rent a wife
Then rent a husband to keep her for life
The three of us, we could be so happy
Them with each other, me with company
I'll see them off on a flight around the world
[Chorus 2]
And it's so pretty and so lonely
I could just die
I might just die
And I could just die
I might just die
[Verse 5]
And at my funeral
They will say "Tom, he was such a nice guy
He went too early, but he went in style"
They'll play my music, and then they will cry
[Verse 6]
Then they'll have a little wake
They'll drink bad wine, and they'll eat lemon cake
And my mother's little heart will break
And she'll say: "Wait! There must be some mistake!
He can't be dead—take me instead!"
[Chorus 3]
Oh, but I'm not dead
They tell me I'm not dead
They say that I'm not dead
And that I won't die for some time
[Verse 7]
I'm
Just writing little songs to pass the time
Which incidentally is precisely nine
So don't you worry, I'm completely fine
[Outro]
I'm fine
Don't you worry, I'm completely fine
I'm fine
Don't you worry, I'm completely fine
I'm fine
Don't you worry, I'm completely fine
I'm fine
I am just so fucking fine
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The Jane Austen Argument

The Jane Austen Argument

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