Jim’s theme for Song Lyric Sunday includes life and death, both of which are mentioned in my song choice for today.
I was obsessed with the album “Jagged Little Pill” from Alaniz Morissette and I loved her track “Ironic”. I don’t think I was the only one. My friends and I loved the lyrics, it was one of the big tunes of our student days. This is just one of those songs that created a sensation (and a huge debate on grammar) and will forever be part of our conscientiousness.
Credits: Glen Ballard and Alanis Nadine Morisette
Hey, yeah, yeah Yeah, ah-ah-ah, yeah An old man turned ninety-eight He won the lottery, and died the next day It's a black fly in your Chardonnay It's a death row pardon two minutes too late And isn't it ironic? Don't you think? It's like rain on your wedding day It's a free ride when you've already paid It's the good advice that you just didn't take And who would've thought? It figures Mr. Play-It-Safe was afraid to fly He packed his suitcase and kissed his kids goodbye He waited his whole damn life to take that flight And as the plane crashed down He thought, "Well, isn't this nice?" And isn't it ironic? Don't you think? It's like rain on your wedding day It's a free ride when you've already paid It's the good advice that you just didn't take And who would've thought? It figures Well, life has a funny way of sneaking up on you When you think everything's okay and everything's going right And life has a funny way of helping you out When you think everything's gone wrong And everything blows up in your face It's a traffic jam when you're already late A "No smoking" sign on your cigarette break It's like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife It's meeting the man of my dreams And then meeting his beautiful wife And isn't it ironic? Don't you think? A little too ironic And yeah, I really do think It's like rain on your wedding day It's a free ride when you've already paid It's the good advice that you just didn't take And who would've thought? It figures And yeah, life has a funny way of sneaking up on you And life has a funny, funny way of helping you out Helping you out
This song starts off nice and slow and then it explodes. I have always liked this Lady A. great choice. That would be terrible to die the day after you win the lottery. The video had a weird ending.
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It was a very energetic song – yes, I am never sure about music videos.
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My best friend at school loved this song!
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It was such a big hit.
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Flippin’ ace!
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Agreed. 🙂
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