How long can you make the joke Before it makes you cry? Before you ask your brother why He's a bully in denial Blaming you all the while For when your dad left the frame And there was no one else to blame How long can you take the smoke Before you have to lie to yourself? Well you say you're on your last Cigarette pack But you're not a 1950's ad I hate to say It's just another thing to blame For the burden and the stress For the heartache and the mess You entertain You put your money down On which part of you is next To slip down the drain With nothing, nowhere and no one No-one else to blame Another stick catches the spoke But no one sees you fly You're gonna take the ground in style Go down in leather and crocodile Find some laundry pins and hang up a smile Walk down another useless aisle Well when will you confess You find rest In someone else's shame Optimism at its best Is just an educated guess And it all looks the same With nothing, nowhere and no one No one else to blame With nothing, nowhere and no one No one else to blame