I Do, I Think

I don’t believe the story, but maybe it’s one I need to hear

You get one hell of a party, oh even if the spirit’s insincere

Because I hate beginnings

But can’t handle ends

So is it worse to marry,

Or to die as friends?

When you don’t believe the story

But maybe it’s one you need to hear

Well as half the folks I know start to go

It’s becoming all too clear

Brian ordered his old fashioned after I ordered mine

We compared notes on what brought us to this DoubleTree at the IC waterline

I bemoaned the ceremony, he said his kids would be OK

When I was singing Ben E. King, he was living out the 50 Ways

Oh man, I got to thinking, after we’d been drinking

That maybe what they say is true

'Cause I don’t believe the story, but maybe it’s one I need to hear

You get one hell of a party, oh even if the spirit’s insincere

'Cause I hate beginnings

But can’t handle ends

So is it worse to marry,

Or to die as friends?

When you don’t believe the story

But maybe it’s one you need to hear

Well as half the folks I know start to go

It’s becoming all too clear

Five years ago, Katherine referenced the insurmountable

By two years ago, at the altar, I assumed he’d been held accountable

I’d had my suspicions, but it wasn’t my place

And now he’s wasting his breath just trying to plead his case

Oh man, I started thinking, after we’d been drinking

That maybe what they say is true

Because I hate beginnings

Ah, can’t handle ends

So is it worse to marry,

Or to die as friends?

When you don’t believe the story, but maybe it’s one you need to hear

Well as half the folks I know start to go

It’s becoming all too clear