The Poet and Her Vice (Happy Ending) Lyrics
They were looking for an ingenue
All they ever did see in you was
A sickly case of fortitude
A regrettable taste for the stone cold truth
You tell it straight through your tea-stained teeth
Yellowed like the pages that your pen still bleeds on
They were looking for an ingenue
Imagine my surprise when they settled on you
The poet and her vice, she always thinks twice
So she’s always outrun by the one who can spit it out faster
Truth is stranger than fiction
She finds her diction still missing the mark
As they say louder, “Come save us”
As they say louder, “Entertain us”
They say lou-ou-ouder
Give us a reason not to cry
We’ve spent our whole lives wondering why
We bleed like the heroes on TV
But we never seem to find our happy ending
Oh, why? Oh, why? Oh why? Oh
Oh, why? Oh, why? Oh why? Oh
They asked how she met her death
Give it your best guess
Truth is stranger than fiction
Easier said with a few pieces missing
A pen and a page
And the latest outrage
The headlines don’t cover the shadows we face
They’re misplaced under pillows
And hollow “Hellos” and “Goodbyes”
They never do sit quite right
They never do sit quite right
They never do sit quite right
So we say
Give us a reason not to cry
We’ve spent our whole lives wondering why
We bleed like the heroes on TV
But we never seem to find our happy ending
Oh, why? Oh, why? Oh why? Oh
Oh, why? Oh, why? Oh why? Oh
Give me a reason not to cry
I’ve spent my whole life wondering why
Oh, why? Oh, why? Oh why? Oh
(Why)
Give us a reason not to cry
We’ve spent our whole lives wondering why
We bleed like the heroes on TV
But we never seem to find our happy ending
Help us write our happy ending
Help us write our happy ending
Help us write our happy ending
Help us write our happy ending
