My daddy was my mother’s fool
And he would buy her anything she asked for
Chocolate bars and shiny things
The children all found it quite disgusting
How he’d throw everything into her hands
But when he died he died a happy man
Well now my mother was a sight to see
You should have seen the way she’d flirt at soirees
But my father would just smile as he watched her dance
But when he died he died a happy man
When he died he died a happy man
That’s why I wanna throw away the sum of my experience
I’d rather live in ignorance the whole day through
I wanna through away the sum of my experience
I’d rather live in ignorance with you
The owl is a wise old bird
His lonely eyes they tell no secrets
My daddy was my mother’s puppet
And everyone is this town knew it
But she missed him so when he went away
And when she died she died a lonely maid
When she died she died a lonely maid
That’s why I wanna throw away the sum of my experience I’d rather live in ignorance the whole day through I wanna through away the sum of my experience I’d rather live in ignorance with you
From The Blue Eighty Eights, released January 1, 2003
Benjamin Adair Murphy- guitar/ vocals Derek Nievergelt - bass Allison Langerak- lead vocals Roy Gurel - lead guitar Tzafrir Lichtenstein – drums Aaron Thurston - drums
Music and lyrics by Benjamin Adair Murphy ASCAP (464341364). Published by Watery Grave Music ASCAP (396517127)