Jay Brannan - "Ever After Happily"

ever after happily
music and lyrics by jay brannan

the smell of a candle
freshly blown out
the light of the clock
shines on my skin
like a sickly green moonlight
on a pale white day's decay
i try to wipe you from my memory
but your face won't fade away

another boy kissed me today
i laughed in his mouth
it's not funny that i'm not kissing you
i'm not laughing because we fell through
it's the stories they told us when we were younger
about life and love
how our happiness lies in the hands of another
who'd fly in on the wings of a dove

chorus
well, that's the way the fairy tale goes
boy meets girl and they wed with roses
but that's not the way it seems to be
and i'm pissed that they lied to me
cuz boy meets boy and boy runs away
or girl meets girl and she's afraid to stay
we end up home alone watching court tv
not living ever after happily

you're right
you are prince charming
onto the next princess when he's bored with the last
he's the hero of every story
he's got his chapter in every girl's book
he walks away with all the honor and glory
but i wonder what else he took

goodbye, prince charming
and drown sleeping beauty
shove cinderella's slipper where the sun don't shine
toss the little mermaid back out to sea
cuz the fairy godmother had to perform another abortion today
and the seven dwarves live in the forest, of course, cuz they were driven away
but this part of the story could spark a cultural rage
so at the sound of the tone we just turn the page

chorus

outro
starting today
we'll tell the story my way
the king of imperfection
takes back the prince of mistakes

© 2004 Great Depression Publishing (BMI)

Category:

Music

Tags:

• jay
• brannan
• singer/songwriter
• singer
• songwriter
• folk
• music
• new
• york
• nyc
• guitar
• acoustic
• ever
• after
• happily
• shortbus
• ceth

[everlastingfrond]

"well, that's the way the fairy tale goes

boy meets girl and they wed with roses

but that's not the way it seems to be

and i'm pissed that they lied to me

cuz boy meets boy and boy runs away

or girl meets girl and she's afraid to stay

we end up home alone watching court tv

not living ever after happily"

Isn't this basically the LGB anthem? :D

<3

[teakamanda]

this is the song that made me buy your cd's so great job!!! and thank you

[jenniferkeyfrahm]

This is the first video I've seen of yours. I subscribed. You are amazing.  Thank you for your music.

[lukeyboi229]

every video makes me love you more, hahahah

[dzonderENDszopen]

soooooooo sweet :)

[almogfish2]

Please come again to Israel! We love you so much! <3

[homebuddy05]

i like your song.....and i do like you too....

[twilighter3443]

Thank you.

[LhiztheVeggie]

I live in my delirious world where someday soon it won't matter who you go for and who you sing about and we can all appreciate songs from the heart like this. I can feel your pain in every lyric and though Jay doesn't read comments anymore (for good reason people can be cruel) I wish you could hear this for what it is. Someone who has or once had a broken heart- no matter who gave it to him.

[chachaleeroy]

Oh weird, I just realized that I've seen you naked in Shortbus. lol

[animallover1467]

i sent bodys a temple and housewife to ellen degreneres on facebook and asked her if she could put you on her show hoepfully she sees them :)