Harry Frazee And No, No, Nannette Lyrics - Wonderland - Forgive Durden

I followed every single step 

Listed in didactic manuals 

I sat up straight, I prayed to God 

I dressed my shutters in matching paint 

I pressed my nose to the grindstone 

I did everything I was told 

I rubbed elbows with the elite 

But I still feel so empty 

His parents divorced over 

Mother's parturient belly 

Who, in keeping with martyrdom 

Died upon boy's delivery 

His father had always blamed him 

For her early departure 

He was born alone 

He lived alone 

He'll rot alone 

And die alone 

I followed every single step 

Listed in didactic manuals 

I sat up straight, I prayed to God 

I dressed my shutters in matching paint 

I pressed my nose to the grindstone 

I did everything I was told 

I rubbed elbows with the elite 

But I still feel so empty 

He sits alone and sobs 

Immersed in his trappings of luxury 

He's never been a big drinker 

But tonight his liver would not know it 

The burdens have become a crushing load 

The wrenching twist will soon cause a shift 

The pressure, fleeting and pounding 

I feel the trigger give