(Patty Griffin)

We were drinking like the Irish but we were drinking scotch

bartender turns on a movie, everybody turned to watch

and every single eye was gleaming when they reached the final scene

well at least mine did, here's looking at you kid

You know it's a mad mission under difficult conditions

not everybody makes it to the loving cup

It's a mad mission but I got the ambition

mad, mad mission sign me up

I think I've seen the look before, yes, it's kind of non-committal

it says come hither baby but then he's hard wood to whittle

he says it don't mean a thing but still somehow it does

he'd like you to join the club that likes to say

there's no such thing as love

It's a mad mission under difficult conditions

not everybody makes it to the loving cup

It's a mad mission but I got the ambition

mad, mad mission sign me up

sometimes you find yourself flying low at night

flying blind and looking for any sign of light

you're cold and scared and all alone

you'd do anything just make it home

It's a mad mission under difficult conditions

not everybody makes it to the loving cup

It's a mad mission but I got the ambition

mad, mad mission sign me up

sign me up