An old man turned ninety-eight
He won the lottery, and died the next day
It's a black fly in your Chardonnay
It's a death row pardon two minutes too late
An old man turned ninety-eight
He won the lottery, and died the next day
It's a black fly in your Chardonnay
It's a death row pardon two minutes too late
[Pre-Chorus]
And isn't it ironic?
Don't you think?
[Chorus]
It's like rain on your wedding day
It's a free ride when you've already paid
It's the good advice that you just didn't take
And who would've thought? It figures
[Verse 2]
Mr. Play-It-Safe was afraid to fly
He packed his suitcase and kissed his kids goodbye
He waited his whole damn life to take that flight
And as the plane crashed down
He thought, "Well, isn't this nice?"
[Pre-Chorus]
And isn't it ironic?
Don't you think?
[Chorus]
It's like rain on your wedding day
It's a free ride when you've already paid
It's the good advice that you just didn't take
And who would've thought? It figures
[Bridge]
Well, life has a funny way of sneaking up on you
When you think everything's okay and everything's going right
And life has a funny way of helping you out
When you think everything's gone wrong
And everything blows up in your face
[Verse 3]
It's a traffic jam when you're already late
A no-smoking sign on your cigarette break
It's like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife
It's meeting the man of my dreams
And then meeting his beautiful wife
[Pre-Chorus]
And isn't it ironic?
Don't you think?
A little too ironic
And yeah, I really do think
[Chorus]
It's like rain on your wedding day
It's a free ride when you've already paid
It's the good advice that you just didn't take
And who would've thought? It figures
[Outro]
And yeah, life has a funny way of sneaking up on you
And life has a funny, funny way of helping you out
Helping you out
Starac je navršio devedeset i osam
Osvojio je lutriju i umro sljedeći dan
To je crna muha u vašem chardonnayu
To je smrtna kazna dvije minute prekasno
[Predhorus]
I nije li ironično?
Zar ne mislite?
[Zbor]
To je poput kiše na dan vašeg vjenčanja
Besplatna je vožnja kad ste već platili
To je dobar savjet koji jednostavno niste uzeli
A tko bi pomislio? To figura
[Stih 2]
Gospodin Play-it-Safe bojao se letjeti
Spakirao je kofer i poljubila svoju djecu zbogom
Čekao je cijeli prokleti život da odvede taj let
I kako se avion srušio
Pomislio je: "Pa, nije li ovo lijepo?"
[Predhorus]
I nije li ironično?
Zar ne mislite?
[Zbor]
To je poput kiše na dan vašeg vjenčanja
Besplatna je vožnja kad ste već platili
To je dobar savjet koji jednostavno niste uzeli
A tko bi pomislio? To figura
[Most]
Pa, život ima smiješan način da vam se prikrada
Kad mislite da je sve u redu i sve ide kako treba
A život ima smiješan način da vam pomogne
Kad mislite da je sve pošlo po zlu
I sve vam puše u lice
[Stih 3]
To je prometni zastoj kad već kasnite
Znak bez pušenja na pauzi za cigaretu
To je poput deset tisuća žlica kad vam treba sve nož
Upoznaje čovjeka mojih snova
A onda upoznavanje njegove lijepe supruge
[Predhorus]
I nije li ironično?
Zar ne mislite?
Malo previše ironično
I da, stvarno mislim
[Zbor]
To je poput kiše na dan vašeg vjenčanja
Besplatna je vožnja kad ste već platili
To je dobar savjet koji jednostavno niste uzeli
A tko bi pomislio? To figura
[Outro]
I da, život ima smiješan način da vam se prikrada
A život ima smiješan, smiješan način da vam pomogne
Pomažući vam