Beyond A Joke Lyrics - Singles - Graham Parker

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It's gone beyond a joke, it's gone beyond a laughing matter 

D g 

We had a flag out in the wind, now it's reduced to just a tatter 

C c c 

I get the feeling it's all getting out of control 

C d g c 

I want to be back where we can feel with our real senses ooooh 

C d g c 

I want to be back where we had every day defences 

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Chorus 

C d c 

What did we have? ooooh what did we do? 

C d c 

What kind of love could not pull us through? 

G d a 

It was another kind of world and nobody spoke, it was... 

Getting beyond a joke, getting beyond a laughing matter, matter, matter 

I walked out onto the street, the buildings, the people 

Were reduced to tatters, tatters, tatters 

It's almost like I am being crushed from inside 

I want to touch your hand but it feels a skeleton's grasp ooooh 

I want to be in command but I'm just a speck in a swell in a rasp 

What did we have? ooooh what did we do? 

What kind of love could not pull us through? 

It was another kind of time and nobody spoke, it was 

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Verse 

Getting beyond a joke, it was getting beyond a joke, 

It was getting beyond a joke 

Instrumental completes verse and chorus 

Verse 

It's getting beyond a joke, it's getting way beyond a laughing matter (x3) 

Hands slip, feet trip, lips twist in a grimace every sound's a clatter (x3) 

Paper and sky are torn in a terrible way 

Everything's been reborn into a world that isn't quite dying 

All of the clothes we've worn are too soaking wet to be dry in 

Chorus 2 

What did we have? ooooh what did we do? 

What kind of love could not pull us through? 

It was another kind of time and nobody spoke, it was... 

Verse 

Getting beyond a joke, it was getting beyond a joke, (repeat and fade) 

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