Storybook Novel Lyrics

It's the bartender you meet and he says hey man I've never had a drink

And it's the cop you never saw he is off and he is breaking the law

And it's the ideal of love it gets lost without the work

So you married Prince Charming and now he's a drunk and a callous old jerk

Childhood memories that awake you when you're on your deathbed

And you kept believing in Santa Claus

Even though he never brought you what you requested

A storybook novel with a happy ending hiding from the truth you've had fun pretending

It's a lot easier than straight and never bending but is it is it real

And there's an old box of letters and you just you can't throw them away

And it's throwing out your little brother even though you'd like to ask him to stay

And it's a hope that there might be a hand to hold on to when you're old and gray

And it's your old arch rival who buys you a beer exactly ten years to the day

A storybook novel with a happy ending, hiding from the truth you've had fun pretending

It's a lot easier than straight and never bending but is it real

And there's a war in another country, and you think hey man that just can't hurt you

Have you forgotten that we are connected together forever

And you run the red light on through

And as the metal shard sparks you leave your body you fly up into the blue

And you smile down on all of us trying to figure out what the hell we're supposed to do

A storybook novel with a happy ending hiding from the truth you've had fun pretending

It's a lot easier than straight and never bending but is it real

Tell me how does it feel

Now let's eat this meal