The Funniest Thing - The Verlaines

Don’t take me anywhere

Don’t send me presents anymore

I’ve not got much;

the piss is gone

You’ve taken it out of me so long

Those sweet mellow eyes — I’ve read them entirely wrong

Hey, could you have told me any earlier

Here’s me thinking no-one was a better man

How long have you been living with him anyway?

You know the funniest thing about him

Is when it’s time to go

He’ll be the last to know

Hand me the big surprise

Turn 'round and close my eyes

And as a result my finger’s burnt

My character is a bloodied shirt

Those sweet mellow eyes have made me entirely worthless

Hey, could you have told me any earlier?

Here’s me thinking no-one was a better man

How long have you been living with him anyway?

You know the funniest thing about him

Is when it’s time to go

He’ll be the last to know…