Brick Wall Blues

My life has been
On auto-pilot so long
I forgot where I was going
With this joke

Lately things have been kind of chaotic
But I’m in the same place nearly every single day
Getting hit in the face by that punch
Line

It feels like a setup
But the rhythm’s all wrong
And in comedy, timing is
Everything

Comedy is history
Played in reverse
Yes comedy is history
Played in reverse

I’m dying up here
In front of this brick wall
A firing squad
And an exposed brick wall

It’s funny when it happens
To somebody else
But we both know exactly
What I’m talking about

And it’s funny, you know
That the funny thing is
That it never
Turns out to be funny

Comedy is history
Played in reverse
Yes comedy is history
Played in reverse