“I Don’t Wanna Be Funny Anymore” is the first track and first single on Lucy Dacus’s debut album, No Burden, which was released on September 9, 2016.
The song is about the speaker’s desire to change her role in the group despite the fact that such a sharp pivot in identity is unusual and isn’t as e...
[Verse 1]
I don't wanna be funny anymore
I don't wanna be funny anymore
Lately, I've been feeling like the odd man out
I hurt my friends saying things I don't mean out loud
[Verse 2]
I don't wanna be funny anymore
I got a too-short skirt, maybe I can be the cute one
Is there room in the band? I don't need to be the frontman
If not, then I'll be the biggest fan
[Verse 3]
I don't want the joke to be on me
Yeah, I'll buy the clothes and I'll be the best dressed
Yeah, I'll read the books and I'll be the smartest
I'll play guitar and I'll be the artist
[Bridge]
Try not to laugh
I know it'll be hard
I'm serious
I know it's a first but
[Verse 4]
I don't wanna be funny anymore
Yeah, I'll be the gossip, hear it through the grapevine
Pass it on, she's done with the old times
That funny girl doesn't wanna smile for a while
I Don’t Wanna Be Funny Anymore was written by Lucy Dacus.
I Don’t Wanna Be Funny Anymore was produced by Collin Pastore & Jacob Blizard & Lucy Dacus.
Lucy Dacus released I Don’t Wanna Be Funny Anymore on Wed Nov 18 2015.