From the recording When All Else Fails
Lyrics
<p>When all else fails, you close the curtain<br /> Turn the TV way up loud<br /> Laugh along with your nuclear family<br /> Say you’re never too alone mama, to feel proud<br /> When all else fails, you go out walking<br /> But you’re not looking at the starry night<br /> Close the door and mama you’re still shaken,<br /> Cover up and hold your pillow tight.<br /> <br /> When all else fails<br /> It’s a way of living<br /> If you’re so forgiving why you so alone?<br /> Shame on him when it happened the first time<br /> Shame on you still sitting at home<br /> <br /> You’ve got new age crystals, assertiveness training<br /> Hypnosis, Seven Habits, therapy, Tai Chi<br /> Got a medicine chest on your nightstand, mama<br /> Chicken Soup for the Soul, little chamomile tea<br /> You say it’s slightly strange, but oh so familiar<br /> Yeah, you’ve lived through this before<br /> That was then, now you’re so much stronger<br /> Say a ghost can’t see you through a locked door, no.<br /> <br /> When all else fails<br /> It’s a way of living<br /> If you’re so forgiving why you so alone?<br /> Shame on them when it happened the first time<br /> Shame on you still sitting at home</p>