but nothing really ever changes

It's funny how when you are younger
you throw things and take things away
you let your tempers get the best of you
and ruin everyone's day
when you go through a break-up
the world seems like it ends
and nothing really matters
in spite of family and friends
telling you that life goes on
and not to be so sour
love will come another time
still you do all in your power
to make that person's life a mess
and they retaliate with weapons of war
things they knew when they loved
when they knew what they loved you for
but it's an all-out battle to no end
when you're young and do not see
that life goes on and there are
plenty more of them fish in the sea.

And it's funny how when you get older
you break up, accepting no strength
you can hug and still have lunch
and talk on the phone for great length
and you can still make each other come
until the next one comes along
and you go on figuring soon you'll find
the road to where you belong

driving 80 where cops don't go
favorite sad song on the radio
in tears and tight throat, you sing along
telling yourself life does go on...

so you go get a haircut and a tattoo
a new apartment, a new job, a clue
you get the life that's thrown at you

and eventually you see things are amiss
and say, "it's gone on way too long like this"

but nothing really ever changes.