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Current version of Janis Ian Lyrics Sweet Misery (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/j/janis-ian/sweet-misery/) Current version of the lyrics |
Version 1 of Janis Ian Lyrics Sweet Misery (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/j/janis-ian/sweet-misery/v1.html) Version 1 of the lyrics | |||||||||||
| All that matters in the end, | All that matters in the end, | |||||||||||
| Are the good times that have been. | Are the good times that have been. | |||||||||||
| The living is tiresome, killing a sin. | The living is tiresome, killing a sin. | |||||||||||
| And death is easy if you've been. | And death is easy if you've been. | |||||||||||
| And you don't think of the bad times, | And you don't think of the bad times, | |||||||||||
| When you're dyin' | When you're dyin' | |||||||||||
| I don't believe you heard what I said, | I don't believe you heard what I said, | |||||||||||
| Don't knock the windows, | Don't knock the windows, | |||||||||||
| Keep out of my way. | Keep out of my way. | |||||||||||
| I've got so little time to pray, | I've got so little time to pray, | |||||||||||
| I want to have fun. | I want to have fun. | |||||||||||
| I got no time to take from my games, | I got no time to take from my games, | |||||||||||
| To pay my dues riding boxcar trains. | To pay my dues riding boxcar trains. | |||||||||||
| Throw me a pillow fight, | Throw me a pillow fight, | |||||||||||
| Let's go insane. | Let's go insane. | |||||||||||
| I like to run. | I like to run. | |||||||||||
| So help no one else. | So help no one else. | |||||||||||
| Put your cares on a shelf. | Put your cares on a shelf. | |||||||||||
| And come along with me, | And come along with me, | |||||||||||
| Sweet misery. | Sweet misery. | |||||||||||
| It doesn't matter if you're six or sixty-three, | It doesn't matter if you're six or sixty-three, | |||||||||||
| Once you have lost your hold on the dream. | Once you have lost your hold on the dream. | |||||||||||
| Forget that you're human, | Forget that you're human, | |||||||||||
| Become a machine. | Become a machine. | |||||||||||
| You're old and you're tethered. | You're old and you're tethered. | |||||||||||
| But if you'd really like to be free, | But if you'd really like to be free, | |||||||||||
| Forget calculations and ancient history. | Forget calculations and ancient history. | |||||||||||
| Take hold of a dream, | Take hold of a dream, | |||||||||||
| Grab it with me, | Grab it with me, | |||||||||||
| 'Cause now is forever. | 'Cause now is forever. | |||||||||||
| So help no one else. | So help no one else. | |||||||||||
| Put your cares on a shelf. | Put your cares on a shelf. | |||||||||||
| And come along with me, | And come along with me, | |||||||||||
| Sweet misery. | Sweet misery. | |||||||||||
| All that matters in the end, | All that matters in the end, | |||||||||||
| Are the good times that have been. | Are the good times that have been. | |||||||||||
| Living's tiresome, killing a sin. | Living's tiresome, killing a sin. | |||||||||||
| And death is easy if you've been. | And death is easy if you've been. | |||||||||||
| And you don't think of the bad times, | And you don't think of the bad times, | |||||||||||
| When you're dyin' | When you're dyin' | |||||||||||
| [Instrumental to end.] | [Instrumental to end.] | |||||||||||
| [SWEET MISERY] | [SWEET MISERY] | |||||||||||
| [Written by: Janis Ian | [Written by: Janis Ian | |||||||||||
| Performed by: Janis Ian-1968 | Performed by: Janis Ian-1968 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Appears on: The Secret Life of J. Eddy Fink-1968, | Appears on: The Secret Life of J. Eddie Fink-1968, Society's Child: The Verve | 1 | |||||||||
| 2 | Society's Child: The Verve Recordings-1995[1] & | Recordings-1995[1] & Desert Blue (Original Soundtrack-Various | 2 | |||||||||
| 3 | Desert Blue (Original Soundtrack-Various Artists)-1999.] | Artists)-1999.] | 3 | |||||||||
| [1]Transcribed from the track on this album.] | [1]Transcribed from the track on this album.] | |||||||||||
| [Copyright © Janis Ian/her co-writer(s) if any/their publisher(s). | [Copyright © Janis Ian/her co-writer(s) if any/their publisher(s). | |||||||||||
| All rights reserved.] | All rights reserved.] | |||||||||||
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