i learned politeness on my mother s knee i learned by uprightness my number of friends should increase when i think about the things i ve done i laugh out loud to no one yeah to no one coz it s so hard to meet the eyes that i see when i try to open up my heart there s something inside me and i know it s good but understanding it s misunderstood at the end of a smile there s a laugh and a half but i became honest mr mistaken in spite of the curves my smile was makin bumpers and kickers in one big stream i grew up in a life size pinball machine yeah they re mean coz it s so hard to meet the eyes that i see when i try to open up my heart there s something inside me and i know it s good but understanding it s misunderstood at the end of a smile there s a laugh and a half on my behalf there s something inside me and i know it s good but understanding it s misunderstood at the end of a smile there s a laugh and a half i tried to fill some silence coz the silence feels so long i knew the ice was gettin thinner but i kept skating on my mother threw me into this world as a winner but by the light of the yellow beer they tell the jokes i ll never get to hear on my behalf there s something inside me and i know it s good but understanding it s misunderstood at the end of a smile there s a laugh and a half on my behalf there s something inside me and i know it s good but understanding it s misunderstood at the end of a smile there s a laugh and a half at the end of a smile there s a laugh and a half at the end of a smile there s a laugh and a half at the end of a smile there s a laugh and a half2