Jewel - Life's a Great Big Mystery Show lyrics

but a telephone pole beat me to it

it was covered in barbed wire

Saw a little boy's white teeth

like wild horses encaged by an iron string

Oh god...does not feel good unless he bleeds

And daily crucifixions are hung up on street signs

they use all sorts of names

hope they never use mine

these consonants and vowels

that cannot scream nor howl

only just hang around

Oh god...how'd things get so turned around

and in the office building

9 to 5 goes on trial

the man is startin' to crack

but the ceiling stones smile

and the boss comes in

to see what fragile things

his dull and pointless tongue can tear

Oh god...he combed over a baldspot with a bit of hair

Cause everybody needs

somebody else to blame

they can't curse themselves

they take their doctor's name in vain

they'd rather jump through hoops

and therapeutic groups

than in their own minds delve

oh god...why don't we believe in ourselves

Sometimes

I think

Life is just a movie

and these

strangers

are folks we really know

sit back

relax

enjoy some popcorn

Life's a great big mystery show

Saw tiny faces that are tattered and torn

but there's paint upon the mansion that is hardly worn

I'd like to go inside

but why I don't know

as though I could peel the paint

and feed it to the poor

oh god...can't live like this anymore

my landlord..no...

my neighbor is as tolerant as a feeding shark

but they tell me that her bite is much better than her bark

she goes ramblin' on

from dusk until dawn

sayin' I should try bein' like her sometime

oh god...think something's died inside her mind

cause

sometimes...

Life's a great big mystery show