Sometimes It Be That Way

Night With Its Shattered Teeth Attempts to Speak

My Pen Is Present But Courage Left Via the Sink

And I'm Sorry I Snuck Up On You From Behind

I'm Sorry Not All My Love Letters Did Rhyme

And I'm Sorry That Jesus Died For My Sins

And I Swear to God It Won't Happen Again

And I'm Sorry If It Was My Swerve That Tempted You to Sway

Oh Well, Sometimes It Be That Way=

And Romeo Was a Very Nice Man

He Said "Jewel, I Don't Think You Quite Understand" *

And I'm Sorry If You Had to Explain It Like This

I'm Sorry I Was a Point You Were Destined to Miss

And I'm Sorry I Spoke to You Irreverently

Down in the Hollow By the Old Olive Tree

And I'm Sorry If My Heart Breaking Ruined Your Day **

Oh Well, Sometimes It Be That Way

Chorus:

I Said "Oh Well, I Got Nothing Left to Sell

This Love Was a Bell That Rang Unheard in the Air

I Was Bound to Find Out That You Didn't Care

Oh Well, Sometimes It Be That Way

And Aphrodite With Her Neon Lamp

Kissed Neptune They Put Her Face On a Stamp

And I'm Sorry I Used It to Mail a Letter to You

I'm Sorry I'm Glue and the Rest Bounces Off of You

And I'm Sorry Not Even This Jet's Metal Wings

Could Get Across These Simple Things

And I'm Sorry If I Ever Sang Your Name in Vain

Oh Well, Sometimes It Be That Way

And Goldilocks, Well She Knew Three Bears

They All Ate Oatmeal and Tiptoed Upstairs

And I'm Sorry I Never Got to Find You Like This

Sleeping Like a Baby and Swaddled in Bliss

And I'm Sorry For All the Times

I Forgot to Imply Something in Between the Lines

And I'm Sorry If I Ever Caused You Pain

Oh Well, Sometimes It Be That Way

Chorus:

I Said "Oh Well, I Got Nothing Left to Sell

This Love Was a Bell That Rang Unheard in the Air

I Was Bound to Find Out That You Didn't Care

Oh Well, Sometimes It Be That Way

And Shadow's Long Fingers They Dance On the Wall

Electricity Chases Its Tail in the Hall

And I'm Sorry My Arms to You Were Just Empty Rooms

I'm Sorry I Never Could Comfort You

And I'm Sorry St. Petersburg Is a Miserable Town

And I'm Sorry If I Am Bringing You Down

And I'm Sorry If It Was My Love That Rained On Your Parade

Oh Well, Sometimes It Be That Way

And Flame Licks the Air With Its Silver Tongue

Night Has Many Hands But I Have Just One

And I'm Sorry I Walked in On You Unexpectedly

I'm Sorry I Never Served You Chamomile Tea

And I'm Sorry I Didn't Always Have a Match

That Could Start a Fire Big Enough For Your Heart to Catch

And I'm Sorry If It Was My Swerve That Tempted You to Sway

Oh Well, Sometimes It Be That Way

And I'm Sorry If My Heart Breaking Ruined Your Day

And I'm Sorry If It Was My Heart Breaking That Ruined Your Parade

And I'm Sorry If It Was My Love That Rained On Your Parade

And I'm Sorry If My Love Ruined Your Day

And I'm Sorry If I Was Just a Game You Didn't Always Want to Play

And I'm Sorry If It Was I That Caused You Pain

And I'm Sorry If I Ever Caused You Pain

And I'm Sorry If I Ever Sang Your Name in Vain

* Originally, She Used "Sweetheart" Instead of "Jewel"

** This Line, in Several Stanzas, Seems to Have Gone Through Many

Incarnations.