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Artist: Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
Canonical path: /crazy-ex-girlfriend/the-cringe
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The Cringe
Read The Cringe lyrics by Crazy Ex-Girlfriend on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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The Cringe
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[Castleman]
Some people are scared of goblins and ghosts
They shriek at a raven perched on a post
Oh no! They cry
It's a spooky black cat!
But there are so many things far more frightening than that
Like when I asked a woman I hadn't seen in a while
How long she'd been pregnant, and there went her smile
Turns out she'd just gained weight
I'm so sorry, I said
And when that memory fills me with horror and dread
I do the cringe!
Ugh!
I do the cringe!
Oh!
[Heather, Paula, And Valencia]
More than a twinge
[Castleman]
The thought leaves me aghast
Because nothing is as scary as what lurks in your past
[Valencia]
Banshees and ghouls can give a good fright
[Paula]
But that's not what keeps me up at night
[Heather]
I think about that time in bed with my ex
When I chuckled at his penis during sex
[Castleman, Rebecca, Paula, And Valencia]
She does the cringe
[Heather]
It was a full-blown laugh
[Castleman, Rebecca, Paula, And Valencia]
She does the cringe
[Heather]
It looked like a cute little puppet
[Castleman, Rebecca, Paula, And Valencia]
She does the cringe
[Heather]
He went soft and cried
[Mr. Trapani]
And that was the night their relationship died!
[Gary]
I told a date I lost my wallet so she would pay
[Susan]
I hooked up with the bassist of Sugar Ray
[Christopher]
I got an angel tattoo on my upper thigh
[Tara]
I gave my mother's eulogy completely high
[Devon]
See, everyone has sins they want to wash away
[Benjamin]
I came up with the town motto, live, work, play
[All]
We do the cringe
[Benjamin]
It was not my best work
[All]
We do the cringe
[Benjamin]
In fairness, I was also high
[All]
We do the cringe
[Castleman]
Regret can be a blast
But nothing is as funky as what lurks in your past
Cringe dance!
[All]
Stupid! Stupid! Stupid! Stupid! Ah!
[REBECCA]
We all have skeletons
[Castleman]
Real and metaphorically
[CHRISTOPHER]
Wait, aren't you the guy who murdered me?
[REBECCA]
What?
[Castleman]
Nothing! The cringe!
[All]
Cringe!
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