Life's A Great Big Mystery Show Lyrics - Jewel

Went downtown just to be a martyr 

But a telephone pole beat me to it 

It was covered in barbed wire 

Saw a little boy's white teeth 

Like wild horses encaged by an iron string 

Oh god...does not feel good unless he bleeds 

And daily crucifictions are hung up on street signs 

They use all sorts of names 

Hope they never use mine 

These consonants and vowels 

That cannot scream nor howl 

Only just hang around 

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Oh god...how'd things get so turned around 

And in the office building 

9 to 5 goes on trial 

The man is startin to crack 

But the ceiling stones smile 

And the boss comes in 

To see what fragile things 

His dull and pointless tongue can tear 

Oh god...he combed over a baldspot with a bit of hair 

Cause everybody needs 

Somebody else to blame 

They can't curse themselves 

They take their doctor's name in vain 

They'd rather jump through hoops 

And theraputic groups 

Than in their own minds delve 

Oh god...why don't we believe in ourselves 

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Sometimes 

I think 

Life is just a movie 

And these 

Strangers 

Are folks we really know 

Sit back 

Relax 

Enjoy some popcorn 

Life's a great big mystery show 

Saw tiny faces that are tattered and torn 

But there's paint upon the mansion that is hardly worn 

I'd like to go inside 

But why I don't know 

As though I could peel the paint 

And feed it to the poor 

Oh god...can't live like this anymore 

My landlord..no... 

My neighbor is as tolerant as a feeding shark 

But they tell me that her bite is much better than her bark 

She goes ramblin on 

From dusk until dawn 

Sayin I should try bein' like her sometime 

Oh god...think somethin's died inside her mind 

Cause 

Sometimes... 

Life's a great big mystery show