Surprise Surprise

Surprise surprise I understand your shock at getting wise I was feeling shame, you were feeling stupid 'cause I knew what was wrong with me long before you did I knew what was wrong with me long before you did mm hmmm Verse I spent my whole adult life worrying That the world would find me out before too long I faint, I fail, my vision starts a-blurrying So just stay strong. Or get strong Surprise surprise Look into these never-loving eyes You were feeling safe while I was feeling lonely You thought that you had known me but I wish that you had only Known just what was wrong with me long before you did mm hmm Bridge A life on the run from the truth is a gun With its barrel pointed deep down in your throat And one day you'll say, "Enough of this self-defeating stuff" One false move: that's all she wrote Solo Harmony Verse And on those mornings when I'm lying In our bed alone and realize I'm old My mind begins to wish that I was flying It's not my mind: it's my soul Surprise surprise I understand your shock at getting wise I was feeling shame, you were feeling stupid 'cause I knew what was wrong with me long before you did I knew what was wrong with me long before you did I knew what was wrong with me long before you did I knew what was wrong with me long before you did I knew what was wrong with me long before you did I knew what was wrong with me long before you did I knew what was wrong with me long before you did I knew what was wrong with me long before you did Outro