Graham Parker
Graham Parker
Graham Parker
Graham Parker
Graham Parker
Graham Parker
Graham Parker
Graham Parker
Graham Parker
Graham Parker
Graham Parker
Graham Parker
Graham Parker
It's gone beyond a joke, it's gone beyond a laughing matter
We had a flag out in the wind, now it's reduced to just a tatter
I get the feeling it's all getting out of control
I want to be back where we can feel with our real senses, ooh
I want to be back where we had every day defences
What did we have?
Ooh what did we do?
What kind of love could not pull us through?
It was another kind of world and nobody spoke, it was...
Getting beyond a joke, getting beyond a laughing matter, matter, matter
I walked out onto the street, the buildings, the people
Were reduced to tatters, tatters, tatters
It's almost like I am being crushed from inside
I want to touch your hand but it feels a skeleton's grasp, ooh
I want to be in command but I'm just a speck in a swell in a rasp
What did we have?
Ooh what did we do?
What kind of love could not pull us through?
It was another kind of time and nobody spoke, it was
Getting beyond a joke
It was getting beyond a joke
It was getting beyond a joke
It's getting beyond a joke
It's getting way beyond a laughing matter
It's getting beyond a joke
It's getting way beyond a laughing matter
It's getting beyond a joke
It's getting way beyond a laughing matter
Hands slip, feet trip
Lips twist in a grimace every sound's a clatter
Hands slip, feet trip
Lips twist in a grimace every sound's a clatter
Hands slip, feet trip
Lips twist in a grimace every sound's a clatter
Paper and sky are torn in a terrible way
Everything's been reborn into a world that isn't quite dying
All of the clothes we've worn are too soaking wet to be dry in
What did we have?
Ooh what did we do?
What kind of love could not pull us through?
It was another kind of time and nobody spoke, it was...
Getting beyond a joke, it was getting beyond a joke...
Beyond a Joke was written by Graham Parker.
Beyond a Joke was produced by David Kershenbaum.