Fishbowl of Disgrace
Van Gogh's Grandsons
Country Club Shame · Public Embarrassment · Cinematic Indie Pop
#VERSE
I’m stuck in a fishbowl
They’re staring at me
My wife’s country club cronies
Inspect my pedigree
There’s a bar in the clubhouse
With a huge tank of fish
Feels like I swim naked
Just because I’m not rich
#CHORUS
Can everyone see
That I’m frozen with fear?
That I’m mangling my manners
And don’t fit in here?
I reach for her hand
She glares at my face
So I flounder in the
Fishbowl of disgrace
My fishbowl (Fishbowl)
Fishbowl of disgrace
#VERSE
I made vows at the altar
That I would “provide”
The whole boatload of promises
Men toss to their brides
But my pipe-dream ambitions
Never paid off
Now their fingers wag at me
Spraying shame as they scoff
#CHORUS
Can everyone see
How bad I suck at golf?
That I’m clueless on stock trades?
That my grammar is off?
I reach for her hand
She glares at my face
So I flounder in the
Fishbowl of disgrace
My fishbowl (Fishbowl)
Fishbowl of disgrace
#BRIDGE
It’s a big country club
So I try to hide
But I’m yanked into view
By my socialite bride
At each high-priced function
I hear what they say
“He’s soaked to the limit
He simply can’t pay”
#INSTRUMENTAL
#VERSE
But she still drags me out
With her snooty-nosed friends
And it’s drilled in my heart
That I’m not like their men
Those who laugh, drink, and backslap
In sleek Armani suits
Flashing huge wads of cash
From deceitful pursuits
#PRE-CHORUS
Yeah, I’d swim with those sharks, but I’m too tired to care
I head for the bar, melt into a big chair
I know that she’ll leave me, she’ll leave me to drown
This fishbowl has no clownfish, only one clown
#CHORUS
Now everyone sees
That I don’t make the grade
So, the men pick on me
’Cause they’re also afraid
Afraid that they’ll fail
And be next in my place
Floundering in the
Fishbowl of disgrace
#CHORUS
Now you laugh as you stare
And point fingers at me
I’m a fish out of water
In high society
I hear my wife tell her friends
That I’ll be replaced
As I drown in the
Fishbowl of disgrace
#OUTRO
As I drown in the
Fishbowl of disgrace
My fishbowl (Fishbowl)
Fishbowl of disgrace
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