Impractical Joke (live at The Wireless 1994)

Keep it tight against your chest

This is my time

I'd like to see the table turned

Trade your placemat with mine

See if you can still make a ball

Or maybe eat the apple whole

And the furthest I could reach

Was as close as I had come

I'm in over my knees

And still the only one

Who has to get a grip on himself

I could use some outside help

It's already stale

It's just getting older and my side

Was sinking so quick

That the best I could do was jump ship

Waiting with bad bated breath

For the wind to change

It's just a well worn-out suggestion

To occupy the day

I wished that I knew when I threw it away

That I could deal with feeling this strange

But it sounds so similar

To something that I've done before

So I give myself a slap on the wrist

And you jam my hand in the door

It raises a smile from you

But it's only worth a by-line mention

A simple footnote from an impractical joke

Couldn't seem to hold your attention