"A Song For... Casualties of the Revolution" . . .

Once upon a time
is how it always goes
But I’ll make it brief...

What was started out with such excitement
Now I’d gladly end
End with relief...
In what now has become
a familiar motif...

That nothing is good enough
for people like you
Who have to have someone
take the fall...
And something to sabotage
Determined to lose it all...

Critics at their worst
could never criticize
The way that you do...
No...
There’s no one else... I find...
To undermine or dash a hope
Quite like you
And you do it so casually... too...

Cause nothing is good enough
for people like you
Who have to have someone
take the fall...
And something to sabotage
Determined to lose it all...

Ladies and Gentlemen
Here’s Exhibit A
Didn’t I try again ?
And did the effort pay ?
Wouldn’t a smarter man
Simply walk away ?

It doesn’t really help
that you can never say
What you’re looking for...

But you’ll know it when you hear it
Know it when you see it
walk through the door
So you say...
So you’ve said many times before

But nothing is good enough
for people like you
Who have to have someone
take the fall...
And something to sabotage
Determined to lose it all...

Aimee Mann