The Jane Austen Argument - Bad Wine And Lemon Cake lyrics

rate me

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...

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...

... and it's so pretty...

... and so lonely...

My lovely love affairs

Are all scheduled 'round the TV guide

And my sex life has all been plagiarised

In an attempt to meet a harsh deadline...

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...

... 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

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

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!"

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...

I'm in my little house

Just writing little songs to pass the time

Which (incidentally) is precisely nine

So 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

Don't you worry, I'm completely fine

I'm fine

I am just so fucking fine