Barenaked Ladies - Piece Of Cake lyrics

Trying to get away From banging on the tabletops, screaming at the top of my lungs Did it in a day When any other person would have taken off for most of a month Then I had to pay I was shaking from the aftershocks, never thought I’d steady again Now I’m going grey J. Jonah’s got a doppelganger playing in his own rock band It was piece of cake But making cake’s not easy Sometimes the one you take Can make a mess as we’ll see Never wanted out I was leaning on the door when the whole thing fell to the ground Thought I was about To make it go away and maybe tuck it where it’s safe and sound If ever you’re in doubt You never want to cut twice never having measured at all Had to leave it out ‘Cause whether I had wanted to never really mattered in the freefall It was piece of cake But making cake’s not easy Sometimes the one you take Can make a mess as we’ll see Everybody knows, but no one knows what went wrong So the story grows; you never let truth get in the way of a good song It was piece of cake But making cake’s not easy Sometimes the one you take Can make a mess as we’ll see It was piece of cake But making cake’s not easy Sometimes the one you take Can make a mess as we’ll see