You Will Marry The Wrong Person - Tom Rosenthal

You

Will marry

The wrong person

You can’t freeze happiness

Oh the golden moments

They will be gone

See, the first problem is that we don’t quite understand ourselves

And if we can’t do that how will get others?

And moreover how will we choose our lovers?

We’re all quite mad

And the normal ones

Are the ones you don’t know very well

Maybe when we’re on our first date

Don’t ask for my favourite bands

Ask me how I’m mad

Mad like you

You

Will marry

The wrong person

Single life is hard

Lonely Saturday nights

And all the nights

So we do funny things to escape

Like settling for something before it’s all too late

Groping in the dark, inventing sparks, inventing you

Maybe your instincts are all wrong

And who can ever know if these funny feelings will go on and on and on

You won’t be the first to be charmed by a heavenly song

Moment, eyes, times, words, mood, face, gone

When time reveals all that is true

You

Will marry

The wrong person

Are we seeking happiness

Or just the familiar world we miss

Are we just the birds of the nest?

The love we learnt as kids was darker than you think

Born out of a complex, indelible ink

There’s a good chance you’ll reject the right one

No one tells you how it is

Sends you off with love degrees

All we get are those birds and bees

If you’re not taught to drive you’re probably going to crash the car

And we’re taught nothing of love

Taught nothing of love

And that’s why

You

Will marry

The wrong person