William Finn - All Fall Down lyrics

I was young And we had dough My clothes just so But Daddy blew it He got caught His hand, you know? Fired so fast, Mommy fainted Poor at last! Plus we're tainted Poor Daddy That fatso Then he flew out the window Dirtied the ground below I kissed the cat My daddy's dead! I'm feeling fat My mommy's thinner She said, "Daddy was a winner But we all fall down, down, down" College days My best of friends Had married men With brains and money Brains and bonds And stocks and brawn Then the crash, there I said it No more cash, no more credit On Wall Street These men stood Then they flew out the window Right on their neighborhood My friends were poor I dressed in brown They wanted more I dressed in yellow Each had wed a splendid fellow But we all fall down I was young And he was rich He made his pitch And we got married He read books And I wore furs First there's smoke; doom is brewing Then we're broke. What's he doing? He's reading Jane Austin Then flew Then he Then he flew Dammit he used the doorway Left me for someone new We lost our car The courts could sue My heart was bleeding Still the ba*tard he just kept on reading! My daddy; Friends' husbands They at least used the window Credit where credit's due I wish mine died Then I'd wear black! I'd eat my pride And say I shoved him! Holy Christ, I think I loved him But we all fall down Fall down All fall down