I know you think I've been so nice
I've helped you out and sacrificed
But I'm sad to say, I load my dice
and I'm bad, bad news
I'm a bad, bad dude
and I'm bad for you
When I'm half-good, let me reaffirm
I said half-good, I tend to stretch the term
and the stretch marks always show
And when I'm half-good, I have a smile on my lips
like maybe that could help me beguile and grip
I keep myself up on my toes
and the stretch marks always show
When you're swimming through your tears across the party
feeling stupid and unwanted, feeling drunk and disenchanted,
I'll be by the door
And I'll smile just like a good friend, but that's not from my good end
I don't smile to make you happy, peaceful, or serene
I smile because I'm mean
I know you think I've been so nice
I've helped you out and sacrificed
But I'm sad to say, I load my dice
and I'm bad, bad news
I'm a bad, bad dude
and I'm bad for you
I'd be a bad dad, I honestly think
I'd be a bad dad, I'd be a permanent link
in a long chain of abuse
I'd be that dad, the one a kid can't stand the sight of
I'd be that dad, he wouldn't kill me, but he might have
if I hadn't later set him loose
It's a long chain of abuse
I can see my older self frail on a deathbed
with arms and legs like whispers, with only white-washed whiskers
staring at the door
And I'll wonder if I'm forgiven, if just one angel listened
If any of my children would come and visit me
St. Peter drops his keys
I know you think I've been so nice, I've helped you out and sacrificed
But I'm sad to say, I load my dice, and I'm bad, bad news
I'm a bad, bad dude, and I'm bad for you
I sing for The Island of Misfit Toys, I sing for myself, and I definitely sing for you. This is a place to gradually release everything that isn't TIOMT.
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This is The Island of Misfit Toys's most recent album, available via Broken World Media. Chances are, if you like what you download here, you'll love this. Anthony Jay Sanders
I'll never not recommend this. My friends recorded 151 songs about 151 Pokemon. Some are amazing, some are passable, some are bad. All are great. Anthony Jay Sanders
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