Forgive Durden - Harry Frazee And No, No, Nannette lyrics

I followed every single step

Listed in didactic manuals.

I sat up straight.

I prayed to God

I dressed my shutters in matching paint.

I pressed my nose to the grindstone.

I did everything I was told.

I rubbed elbows with the elite

But I still feel so empty.

His parents divorced over

Mother's parturient belly,

Who, in keeping with martyrdom

Died upon boy's delivery

His father had always blamed him

For his early departure.

He was born alone

He lived alone.

He'll rot alone.

And die alone.

I followed every single step

Listed in didactic manuals.

I sat up straight.

I prayed to God

I dressed my shutters in matching paint.

I pressed my nose to the grindstone.

I did everything I was told.

I rubbed elbows with the elite

But I still feel so empty.

He sits alone and sobs

Immersed in his trappings of luxury.

He's never been a big drinker

But tonight his liver would not know it.

The burdens have become a crushing load.

The wrenching twist will soon cause a shift.

That pressure, fleeting and pounding.

I feel the trigger give.