(Al Yankovic)

When we first met she seemed perfectly normal

I never dreamed she'd make my life so hard

You see, my baby, she started to change

Started lookin' kinda strange

Wearin' all that white makeup and those black leotards

Well, I guess she kept her little secret pretty well

Now ever since I learned the horrible truth

You know my life has been a living hell

That's right, you see...

She never told me she was a mime

She never told me she was a mime, oh no

Actin' like she's trapped inside a big glass box all the time

She never told me, she never told me she was a...

Ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-mime

I wish we both could just talk it all over

But my baby won't even make a sound

Now she makes everybody sick

Doin' that pantomime shtick

Even our old friends have stopped coming around

Well, my parents can't stand her and the neighbors hate her guts

She's really, really embarassing me...this silent treatment's driving me nuts

You see...

She never told me she was a mime

She never told me she was a mime, oh no

Now she's actin' like she's trapped inside a big glass box all the time

What a crime

She never told me (she never told me) she never told me she was a mime

She walks against the wind everywhere we go

Stops at every corner, gotta put on a show

Carries 'round a picture of Marcel Marceau

Always was the quiet type, but how was I to know?

She never told me she was a mime

She never told me she was a mime, oh no

Actin' like she's trapped inside a big glass box all the ti-yi-yi-yi-yi-ime

She never told me, she never told me she was a mime

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