Catharsis - Jimmy Webb

Tell us once again this morning, old friend

How did you win the war?

Everybody loves a hero

It won’t matter if they’ve heard your tale before

Tell us of the time when almost everybody knew you were a star

And how «intelligent» you are

Prove that you’re a right

Mister «Shuck and Jive»

Tell us of the maid who stole your fortune

And nearly ruined your life

Or better still, the one about the T. V

And the couch and your best friend’s wife

Tell us of grand projects never finished, with somebody else to blame

And all the reasons that you’ve named

Never did it right

Mister «Shuck and Jive»

If you can get yourself together

Kindly write a criticism of this song

How it’s exquisitely constructed

Yet mechanical and somehow slightly wrong

And put it in your book about the enemy who owes you such a debt

You know you just might make it yet

But I don’t think you’ll survive

Mister «Shuck and Jive»

You know you just might make it yet

Mister «Shuck and Jive»