Sadly Sorta Like A Soap Opera Lyrics - Alive On Arrival/jack Rabbit Slim (special Anniversary Edition) - Steve Forbert

The walls closin' around you and he won't be home tonight 

He's out somewhere and gamblin' and perhaps he's in a fight 

And yes you know about the woman, and you know there's three or four 

Perhaps he's out there laughin' now and dancin' 'round the floor 

And yes you try to make the best of it, which isn't much I know 

You thought you've had your fill of it, you see that it wasn't so, oh 

No 

Now your babies are sleepin' soundly and you hang your head and think 

He damn near broke your nose last night and hardly does he drink 

And as the wind blows at the windows and the clouds go by the moon 

The walls closin' around you and your sadness still's around 

And yet you try to make the best of it, which isn't much I know 

You thought you've had your fill of it, but you see that it wasn't so, oh 

No, oh no 

You know you make your own decisions and you live the life you choose 

I watch it from the sidelines and it sure gives me the blues 

You know you're sure to find me waiting, should you ever come around 

I am the one who loves you while he drives you further down 

And yes you try to make the best of it, which isn't much I know 

You thought you've had your fill of it, but you see that it wasn't so, oh 

No, no babe