Your mother used to take the cure
She kept plastic on the furniture in the living room
You used to tell your friends
If you never saw that place again it's be too soon
But your college beau didn't seem so bad
You brought him home to Mom and Dad like you're 'sposed to do
But he wouldn't account for himself
And he got along better with the hired help than he did with you
No big loss, I don't suppose
Brush it away like a fly off a rose
We're all bound to miss a time or two
Iolanthe
Your father always held his ground
He never liked you hanging round with the lesser kind
He suffered not the weak
And he was never loath to speak his twisted mind
He liked to watch an evening pass
Clinking the ice in his bourbon glass while you played your scales
With eyes that burned right through
He would say he always knew you were bound to fail
Shake it off and let it go
Brush it away till the light it shows
We can't help what came before
Iolanthe
Well who's that standing there?
Whatcha been doing lately?
Your clothes not long outta style
You gave us all quite a scare
But the years were hardly wasted
Only missing for a while
Don't sweat the losses, let em go
Toss em all out where the tall grass grows
We're all bound to get our share
Iolanthe