Pantomime - Grand Theft

another thing

i will not apologize

next to nothing

i know nothing exacts a price

meanwhile some heartache

some cheapskate can wear you out

teach the gospel to your kid

put yourself in doubt

and there is one thing that remains

it ain’t easy to retain

a pantomime

it’s true i only think of you

when i’m alone

and then the little things i do

they turn out all wrong

shudder to think

who the real cruel kid could be

you wise up after the attack

like it’s part of some deal

but it is never quite enough

when some critic sizes you up

a pantomime

how i wish i could change the things

that i’ve done

but i’m staring down the wrong end

of the gun

if i give back all the things

that i got for free

just to live and to learn

would you thank me

see there’s a rumour going