Tricky Fingers

[Verse 1]
When the real powdered sweetheart took a moment to reflect
By the time she had awoke, there wasn't anybody left
And apart from the melodrama, well, it just gets better from here
It just gets better
You see, mother was a lover of the truly accidental
Had a wet sense of humor, and a Lincoln Continental
If you're happy and you know it, well, it just gets better from here
It just gets better

[Pre-Chorus]
Life is such a permanent gyp

[Chorus]
Those tricky fingers seem to rub you the wrong way
They pull the levers in the big brain, gonna get your shit straight
No chance to speak before the end comes
No chance for thank yous but you're welcome
'Cause everybody's welcome here

[Verse 2]
And on those fat, hazy Wednesdays with a bittersweet neglect
By the time that help arrived, she'd a thought that did inject
That you know what they are thinking so you can't let 'em get you from here
You can't let 'em get ya
There's better ways to spread it on thick than with a spoon
And since the knife is busy pointing, you should tell it to them true
If you're happy and you know it, well, it just gets better from here
It just gets better

[Pre-Chorus]
Life is such a permanent fix

[Chorus]
Those tricky fingers seem to rub you the wrong way
They pull the levers in the big brain, gonna get your shit straight
No chance to speak before the end comes
No chance for thank yous but you're welcome
'Cause everybody's welcome here

[Bridge]
So the sky can fall upon you now
And the wooled-over eyes can
Find the light that gets between the cracks
And watches them undress

[Verse 3]
Soon every weekend with the Christians in potato salad daze
Everybody seems to be too drunk, so everybody stays
If you're happy and you know it, well, it just gets better from here
It just gets better from here
Whoa-whoa-whoa-oh
Whoa-oh

[Outro]
Those tricky fingers seem to, those tricky fingers seem to
Those tricky fingers seem to rub you the wrong way
Life is such a permanent gyp