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Words
& Music by Steven Page & Ed Robertson
I woke up yesterday morning
Fell down two flights of stairs
Well, I thought I was wide awake but my
legs were still asleep
9-1-1 ambulance help me
But I can't reach the phone
So I screamed to my neighbors "Come over,
break into my home!"
I broke my back
There was nobody left to help me
Broke my back
All the lies and deception won't change
the perception that
I fell flat on my ass
I wish this had happened skydiving
That my parachute failed
But a pair of shoes tripped me down stairs
And I lay there and wail
The things I used to take for granted
Now I take sitting down
I can't brush my teeth, chew my nails,
give the finger to a clown
I broke my back
And I can't even change the channels
Broke my back
All the lies and deception won't change
the perception that
I fell flat on my ass
Well they tell me that I shouldn't get
discouraged
But they tell me that I'll never walk
again
And they say I'm gonna need a lot of courage
And they say I'm gonna need a lot of friends
But what I really need is a pair of electric
legs
So I wish some genius would just invent
them
And if they cost too much I'd share with
someone else
Or I would scour the Yellow Pages and
I'd rent them
I know I can probably pop-a-wheely
Entertaining the kids
I can put hockey cards in the spokes
I can even throw skids
I get a good seat at a concert
Even get stuff for free
Is it 'cause I'm an excellent guy or 'cause
they're scared of me?
I broke my back
And I can't even use the clapper
Broke my back
All the lies and deception won't change
the perception
The lies and deception won't change the
perception that..
I fell flat on my ass
