jellyfish/spilt.milk (album)

jellyfish/new_mistake (from album)



written by Andy Sturmer/Roger Manning



Curtain opens, spotlights the gentleman

Signing his love letter best wishes Simpleton

Dialog swam from his pen like pollywogs



He knew better that perfume was gravity

Pulling him closer to what could be tragedy

Love is blind, deaf and dumb, but never mind



You better catch me when I fall

I'm on my roller skates

Cause any ole way that I fall

I land in your arms even though it's wrong

Cause I love my new mistake



Intermission gave way to a miracle

The birth of an accident grew to a spectacle

That couldn't wait the mother was three weeks late



So Father Mason clutching his crucifix

Baptized the baby in whiskey and licorice

What a lovely way drowning sins in tooth decay



Looks like our hero's gonna fall

The bow's about to break

Cause any ole that I fall

I'll be in your arms as we lie awake

with our lovely new mistake



You better catch me when I fall

My sugar trampoline

Cause any ole way that I fall

I land in your arms even though it's wrong

Cause I love my new mistake



The ending turned tragic when many years later

The baby had grown up and married a pop singer

I think it was her turn to make her first mistake



Any ole time at fall

Any ole way that I fall

I just lie awake with my new mistake