Regretting What I Said... (A Musical Apology)



ARTIST: Christine Lavin

ALBUM: Future Fossils





(spoken)



'This song is called "Regretting What I Said to You When You

Called Me 11:00 On a Friday Morning to Tell Me that at 1:00

Friday Afternoon You're Gonna Leave Your Office, Go Downstairs,

Hail a Cab to Go Out to the Airport to Catch a Plane to Go Skiing

in the Alps for Two Weeks, Not that I Wanted to Go With You, I

Wasn't Able to Leave Town, I'm Not a Very Good Skier, I Couldn't

Expect You to Pay My Way, But After Going Out With You for Three

Years I DON'T Like Surprises!!"



'And it's subtitled "A Musical Apology"



'In this song I attempt to take back everything I said while

standing in a phone booth on the corner of 49th and 3rd.'







I didn't mean it when I said, 'I hope

The cable in the elevator snaps

When you step on board.'

And I was joking when I said,

'I hope you crack your head

And get mangled by the downstairs revolving doors.'



And I was kidding when I said, 'I hope the

#103 bus

Hits and makes a pancake out of you.'



I'm sorry...

I'm sorry...

Isn't it amazing what a woman in love will do?



And I really don't want to see your taxi on the 59th Steet Bridge

Flip over

And crash through the rail.

And I'd feel bad if at the airport you were

Mistaken for a local sex offender,

Arrested, beaten up, and thrown in jail.



And I really don't want to see you getting radiation poisoning

From the metal detector that all passengers on

Foreign and domestic flights must walk through.



I'm sorry...

Forgive me...

For all the mean things I said to you.



You thought I didn't have a temper.

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha, surprise!

But I really don't want to see you

Dismembered by the marijuana sniffing dogs

When a simple little nipping would suffice,

Would suffice.



And I'm sorry that I said 'I hope

The plane explodes in mid-air

As it carries you away from me.'

And I'm sorry that I said,

'I hope you break both legs

On the mountain while you ski.'



And I'm sorry for all the nasty things

I said about your mother

Even though we both know they're true.



I'm sorry...

Forgive me...

I'm swallowing my pride,

I'd feel so guilty if you died!

Oh, I'm sorry,

But I'm still mad at you.







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