He reuses the verse melody from the previous album's "Dirty Little Religion", the topics of the verses are all over the place, and he packs too many words into one line (goes to show...) and too few in another (it's pretty hard to find), and rhymes "Henley Regatta" with "Persona non grata", but gets away with it all as only he could.
sing to me, don’t talk about your problems
how by tomorrow, you’ll regret today
I never saw you coming, you ask why, but I don’t say
I hang my head and save the day
Here in the back seat, it feels okay to play the roles
But back in the back room, I jump out the window
outside I see a burning bridge, ‘cause I can’t turn you away
so I hang my head and save the day
I found you, at a rough time
but I always thought I’d find the way
til I found you, but not in time
callin it a mistake, Okay
and I’ll hang my head and save the day
so sing one more for me, for the mess we’re going to make
you tell me Midwest stories I’ll remember in your wake
so many good things happened that I know it’s a mistake
but I hang my head and save the day
I found you, at a rough time
but I always thought I’d find the way
til I found you, but not in time
callin it a mistake, Okay
and I’ll hang my head and save the day
I found you, at a rough time
but I always thought I’d find the way
I found you, at a rough time
I always thought I’d find a way
but I found you, but not in time
callin it a mistake, Okay
and if you want me to I’ll walk away
and maybe understand someday
why I hang my head and save the day
I save the day
and I save the day
I save the day
how by tomorrow, you’ll regret today
I never saw you coming, you ask why, but I don’t say
I hang my head and save the day
Here in the back seat, it feels okay to play the roles
But back in the back room, I jump out the window
outside I see a burning bridge, ‘cause I can’t turn you away
so I hang my head and save the day
I found you, at a rough time
but I always thought I’d find the way
til I found you, but not in time
callin it a mistake, Okay
and I’ll hang my head and save the day
so sing one more for me, for the mess we’re going to make
you tell me Midwest stories I’ll remember in your wake
so many good things happened that I know it’s a mistake
but I hang my head and save the day
I found you, at a rough time
but I always thought I’d find the way
til I found you, but not in time
callin it a mistake, Okay
and I’ll hang my head and save the day
I found you, at a rough time
but I always thought I’d find the way
I found you, at a rough time
I always thought I’d find a way
but I found you, but not in time
callin it a mistake, Okay
and if you want me to I’ll walk away
and maybe understand someday
why I hang my head and save the day
I save the day
and I save the day
I save the day
Lyrics submitted by tristanrichards
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