Never asked for this but here it is
Ain't nothing you can do to make it change
Sit back and relax, pretend it's a movie
And all the characters are pretty strange
Some are happy and some are hateful
And some are acting downright weird
You take it in, you suck it up
And the edges all seem smeared
You are a witting unwitting participant
It's not a life that you would choose
You are a witting unwitting participant
You snooze and you lose
Never wanted this but then it happened
The way things happen when you least expect
It draws you in and it drains you dry
It's all that you can do to dissect
It can be funny, it can sad
It can be messy and abstruse
It can wreck you if you're not careful
Yeah it can really get your goose
Thought you could escape it
But you thought wrong
It walked right up and bit you on the ass
Tried to diffuse it
Tried to reign it in
But suddenly it reached critical mass
All the pieces went a-flying
In all directions all at once
You sat in a chair over in the corner
Feeling like a dumb old dunce
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