Cause & Effect

Lean into a joke I've told a thousand times

Trip over my own excitement

Botching the punchline

Now we're sitting in silence

Curtains closing behind us

But you smile

And reach out across the aisle

I can't help myself

I perk up my ears to laugh

When I feel like a catch

Be honest now

Can't you tell I'm doing my best?

Is there cause and effect?

Leave your hesitation by the exit sign

You look like a ballerina jumping the turnstile

Now the train is arriving

And the panic is rising

But you smile

And the whole world stops awhile

I can't help myself

I perk up my ears to laugh

When I feel like a catch

Be honest now

Can't you tell I'm doing my best?

Is there cause and effect?

I know there's an ending to everything

And there are a few words I shouldn't say to you

It feels like a daydream sometimes

Had a good one last night

You were the sky

And I was a balloon

On its way to you

I can't help myself

I perk up my ears to laugh

When I feel like a catch

Be honest now

Can't you tell I'm doing my best?

Is there cause and effect?

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