MISERY LOVES COMPANY…………………
TO BE DESOLATE AND ALONE
AND CRITICIZE ME
TO BE ANGRY AND GRIM
AND CHASTISE ME
TO BE JEALOUS AND HURT
AND BLACKBALL ME
PURE ADULTERATED EVIL
SURROUNDS YOUR AURA
MISERY LOVES COMPANY…………………
"YOU'RE NOT PRETTY ENOUGH"
"YOU DON'T FIT IN"
"YOU WILL NEVER MAKE IT"
"YOU MAY AS WELL GIVE UP"
HARSH REMARKS SPEW FROM YOUR LIPS
LIKE THE FIERY MASS OF THE DEVIL HIMSELF
BURNING, SCORCHING AND TORTURING MY SELF-WORTH
WHITTLED DOWN TO ASH AND SCRAPS
MISERY LOVES COMPANY………………….
FOR ONCE CAN YOU COMMEND ME ON A "JOB WELL DONE"?
AND EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE LOOK UPON ME AS AN EQUAL?
OR HOW ABOUT A SPORADIC "WISH YOU WELL" DRIVE-BY?
AND MAYBE, JUST MAYBE, SPRINKLE IN A COUPLE OF "THANK YOU'S"?
YOU CAN'T
YOU WON'T
YOU REFUSE
YOU REBUT
YOU KICK AND SCREAM
YOU FIGHT AND BITE
YOU LAY YOUR LAW DOWN AND ABSOLUTELY SNUB THE IDEA
BUT GUESS WHAT?
I'M STILL HERE
I'M GOING STRONG
I'LL CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD AND CARRY ON
I DON'T NEED YOUR APPROVAL
I DON'T NEED YOUR PERMISSION
TO HELL WITH YOUR FOOLISHNESS
I REFUSE TO PLAY THIS CRAFTY GAME
AND BESIDES, WHAT HAVE YOU DONE FOR ME LATELY?
………………….ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!
SO VAMOOSE, MISERY! YOU'RE NOT WELCOME HERE
NO ONE WANTS TO COME OUT AND PLAY
NO FRIENDSHIP WITH YOU WILL EVER EXIST
YOU WILL WALK DOWN THE ROAD OF DESTRUCTION ALONE
THE SUNSHINE AND BLUE SKIES ARE ON MY SIDE
YOU ARE THE COMPANY YOU KEEP
I JUST UNINVITED MYSELF FROM YOUR PITY-PARTY
………………………………………EXIT, STAGE LEFT