Put away your tears and your sleepy eyes
Put away that bullshit, big boys they don't cry to their mommas
she'll be back soon
Put away your raincoat and make your bed
Take another bullet right to your head
Now, we're going on a picnic and we'll get there soon

And she says, maybe it's over
He says, there's plenty more fish in the sea
I say, don't go away from me

Now put away your dinner and have a snack
Tie your little brother up in a sack now
We're moving to the country and we'll get there soon (she says)

Now, pack up all the things that you don't deserve
Take another swing, well here comes a curve ball
I bet you can't hit it 'cause you'll swing to soon

And she says, maybe it's over
He says, there's plenty more fish in the sea
I say, don't go away, don't go away
Please don't go away, from me
But can you take it to hard
I'll never leave you

Take those damn pictures off of that shelf
Put away your mommy you don't need her
I found you a new one, she'll be here soon

And she says, my God it's over,
He says, I found another fish in the sea
I say, why me?
Why me?
Why me?
Why is it me?



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Track duration: 03:39

"Love Song" as written by John Ondrasik

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    General Comment:I agree this is a great song and its about divorce from a childs point of view.

    Its a really good interpretation and I think he uses words well in this song
    Flag white_stone_3on October 07, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:I love this song because it seems to be written both from the past and the present point of view. What I mean by that is he can recallthe way he felt as a little kid when everything was happening; mostly just confused like why is this happening to me. Now that he's older and writing the song, though, he realizes the true extent of the pain he couldn't comprehend when he was little. Things like the bullet to the head and all the things that you don't deserve are new feelings for him, now that he's mature enough to really asess the situation. However, the one thing that remains the same is that even now he is thinking one of the things that children always do when something unfair happens: Why did this have to happen to me?
    Flag serenity23on October 07, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:I interpeted this as a child stuck in the middle of his parent's nasty divorce and the child living with his father who is planning to remarry. The child isn't ready for it.

    I see the phrase "Take another bullet to the head" being a metaphor. The divorce and his mother leaving was like a death and then the father remarrying and replacing his mother (in his eyes) as if his mother no longer existed was the second blow.
    Flag GoodnightLittleBearon November 01, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:MFA-message for albert
    arguably the best album
    Flag biebson August 14, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:this song is so beautiful and so so sad at the same time. it really hurts to read the lyrics, its all so real and it truly hurts inside me when im reading it... poor child..

    whats MFA?
    Flag Rekebollaon April 03, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:I agree with what everyone has said above me, and I remember the first time I ever heard this song I thought how sad it was. But it has quite a good effect on me personally. I've recently been through alot of bad relationships, and I found myself often bottling it all up inside me. And the last time I was down in the dumps after being dumped yet again, I was listening to this song, and all of a sudden I felt alot better. Because I think it's quite amazing to me that a child, who goes through something as profoundly disturbing as a divorce, can talk about it so openly. So I think the song has a little bit of hope, because despite the divorce, the child seems to understand, and he still has the mother.
    Flag TheLighterStepon March 01, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:I agree with what everyone has said above me, and I remember the first time I ever heard this song I thought how sad it was. But it has quite a good effect on me personally. I've recently been through alot of bad relationships, and I found myself often bottling it all up inside me. And the last time I was down in the dumps after being dumped yet again, I was listening to this song, and all of a sudden I felt alot better. Because I think it's quite amazing to me that a child, who goes through something as profoundly disturbing as a divorce, can talk about it so openly. So I think the song has a little bit of hope, because despite the divorce, the child seems to understand, and he still has the mother.
    Flag TheLighterStepon March 01, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:This song has a lot of emotion and meaning to me. My parents divorced and I felt a lot of these feelings. John (singer and writer) told me it is a song he doesn't like to sing often because it is so sad
    Flag kickithomeon October 17, 2004   Link
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    General Comment:this is about a divorce from the childs point of view, i love the MFA version, there's more emotion in it. I just LOVE the song, its amazing
    Flag Breenaon May 19, 2004   Link
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    General Comment:this is about a divorce from the childs point of view, i love the MFA version, there's more emotion in it. I just LOVE the song, its amazing
    Flag Breenaon May 19, 2004   Link

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