Sour Grapes - Mo x Hazy Susan

Piano - Luis
Violin - Eddie
Bass - Vince
Drums - Liam
Guitar & Vocals: Mo
Lyrics:
Never had it. Never reached for it
A sour grape sure tastes great when you’ve got your lips on it
Can’t shake the feeling you don’t deserve it
What if they know?
I’m getting nervous…
Mary was a little girl, grew up some miles from here
And she was innocent as a little kid. Who isn’t innocent as a little kid?
But as Mary grew up she noticed something very queer
It seemed the world was full of broken people littered here and there
And there was pain far beyond what you could capture in a song
And there was hope and dash and hope and dash and hope and dash and hope and dash
And everyone who tried never seemed to make it very far
And there was safety in not showing anyone who you are
So she learned to bite her lip. So she learned to break a heart
And it was working ‘til the other day found Mary in her car
Staring into middle distance, mapping memories to scars
Recalling fuckup after fuckup. Not feeling very smart
So she thought back to the days when life was simple.. Oh wait!
She was drawing a blank and getting irate
When all at once she realized the truth, it made her cry
It wasn’t that she’d never won. It was that she’d never tried
Never had it. Never reached for it
A sour grape sure tastes great when you’ve got your lips on it
Can’t shake the feeling you don’t deserve it
What if they know?
I’m getting nervous…
When Johnnie was a little boy, he never had a friend
Now he’s just sitting by the fireplace, waiting for the end
“Forty-five is quite enough” he says to his wife
“What’s the point of going on if there’s no meaning to life?
Silly songs and loaded bongs only get you so far
And there’s no answer in a bottle. Trust me, I checked every bar
Maybe twenty years ago if I took a different turn
Who knows what I could’ve been. It breaks my heart you’ll never learn
Instead I’ll fill the nights with booze and violence. Ain’t it a shame?
That you’re the one who loses when it’s me who quit the game
But don’t lay this at my feet. You know the world is to blame
I used to try, but gave it up just to keep myself sane!”
Never had it. Never reached for it
A sour grape sure tastes great when you’ve got your lips on it
Can’t shake the feeling you don’t deserve it
What if they know?
I’m getting nervous…
Joey had dyslexia, he never learned to read
And Frank and Joanie scrubbed ‘til there was no skin left to clean
Jessie had a gift, but he could never make the time
So he just taught himself to hold his breath until he felt alive
Nina sipped a drink then woke up naked and bruised
So she just staggered home in silence, feeling numb and disabused
Sitting in the window-sill, crying out loud was Jim
He said I’ve tried and tried and tried and tried! It seems I can’t win
There is pain far beyond what you can capture in a song
And there’s hope and dash
And hope and dash and hope and dash and hope and dash
And everyone who tries never seems to make it very far
And there’s safety in not showing anyone who you are
Let’s pack it up! Let’s shut it down! Let’s capsize the ark!
Set fire to the village just to drive out the dark
And broken people break people. Ain’t it a shame?
That they’re the ones who lose when it’s us who quit the game?
Never had it. Never reached for it
A sour grape sure tastes great when you’ve got your lips on it
Can’t shake the feeling you don’t deserve it
What if they know?
What if they heard this?