Your life makes mine look like a real farce I don't blame you for despising my job You said that men like me can't make their mind up I think you're wrong, but I can't decide And when we went swimming They made us sign a form In case we drowned When I look back I won't wallow I've done that shit before and it don't sit right You always had the knack to laugh in sorrow And even a mortician sees the funny side So do I ♪ You have it in for all Americans You don't like when I use their words for things Well, that's the joy of being half-Canadian You get the worst of both worlds, it's the best And I when had the jab You interlocked our hands In case I passed out When I look back I won't wallow I'll do my best to not romanticize And every bird above is not a sparrow And even a mortician sees the funny side So do I So do I So do I Oh, they can see the funny side and so can I Oh, they can see the funny side and so can I