The Humour of the Situation Lyrics by Barenaked Ladies

The Humour of the Situation Lyrics

    When you walked in, I said with a grin
    That we were just talking about you
    We all had to lie because you would cry
    If you knew we were laughing at you
    In the momentary lull before the band begins to play
    There's an overwhelming stench of alibi

    Come on now, now
    Come on now, now
    Enjoy the humour of the situation
    Come on now, now
    Come on now, now
    Enjoy the humour of the situation

    I said on the phone 'don't wait til I'm home'
    But I'm sure I could hear you crying
    I said where I was, but you doubt it because
    It's the caller I.D. you're buying
    In the hour that it took for me to drive up to the door
    You'd arranged all my belongings on the lawn

    Come on now, now
    Come on now, now
    Enjoy the humour of the situation
    Come on now, now
    Come on now, now
    Enjoy the humour of the situation

    Have you heard the one about the boy
    Who moved into the henhouse to sleep?
    He woke up with egg on his face
    When he found out all the hens had crossed the street

    Come on now, now
    Come on now, now
    Enjoy the humour of the situation
    Come on now, now
    Come on now, now
    Enjoy the humour of the situation

    As I walked out, I thought about all I had left behind me
    I felt a chill because I was still
    Wearing the emperor's new clothes
    My mind was racing with each chance that I had missed
    While your next door neighbour soaked be with the house
    I've never felt so small, I've never been so dissed
    As I shiver, dripping, while the chorus goes:

    Come on now, now
    Come on now, now
    Enjoy the humour of the situation

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