Lyric booklet commentary: “There are many things my friends make fun of me for. One of them was the time I got screwed by Ebay – another is this song.”
[Verse 1]
I don't want to be a pioneer
A singer sings a sad song when he's sad
But honey, all these years I've been upset
I've slowly turned the kind of blue
That keeps your jeans dry
Now, I don't need to reinvent the wheel
A singer needs to feel like he's been had
It's all so sad, its all so sad
[Chorus]
Oh broke, oh beat, oh twisted feet
And so on, and so forth
So don't steal, don't lie
Just tie your tie and go on, go forth
Go on, go forth
Sing la de da de da de da de da de da de de da...
So hell, I thought I knew why I was here
To find myself a girl who makes me sad
But I went looking round and all I found
Was this here one who makes me tea
And brings the crossword
So how am I supposed to bring us down
To think that I got used to being sad
And sometimes down
And always blue
And did I mention sad?
[Chorus]
Oh broke, oh beat, oh twisted feet
And so on and so forth
So don't steal, don't lie
Just tie your tie and go on, go forth
Go on, go forth
Oh broke, oh beat, oh twisted feet
And so on and so forth
So don't steal, don't lie
Just tie your tie and go on, go forth
Go on, go forth
Just go
Dan Mangan released Et Les Mots Croisés on Tue Aug 11 2009.