David Kershenbaum - Beyond a Joke lyrics

It's gone beyond a joke, it's gone beyond a laughing matter We had a flag out in the wind, now it's reduced to just a tatter I get the feeling it's all getting out of control I want to be back where we can feel with our real senses ooooh I want to be back where we had every day defences CHORUS What did we have? Ooooh what did we do? What kind of love could not pull us through? It was another kind of world and nobody spoke, it was... Getting beyond a joke, getting beyond a laughing matter, matter, matter I walked out onto the street, the buildings, the people Were reduced to tatters, tatters, tatters It's almost like I am being crushed from inside I want to touch your hand but it feels a skeleton's grasp ooooh I want to be in command but I'm just a speck in a swell in a rasp What did we have? Ooooh what did we do? What kind of love could not pull us through? It was another kind of time and nobody spoke, it was Getting beyond a joke, It was getting beyond a joke It was getting beyond a joke It's getting beyond a joke, it's getting way beyond a laughing matter (x3) Hands slip, feet trip, lips twist in a grimace every sound's a clatter (x3) Paper and sky are torn in a terrible way Everything's been reborn into a world that isn't quite dying All of the clothes we've worn are too soaking wet to be dry in CHORUS 2 What did we have? Ooooh what did we do? What kind of love could not pull us through? It was another kind of time and nobody spoke, it was... Getting beyond a joke, it was getting beyond a joke, (repeat and fade)