New Mistake Lyrics

jellyfish/spilt.milk (album)
jellyfish/new_mistake (from album)

written by Andy Sturmer/Roger Manning

Curtain opens, spotlights the gentleman
Signing his love letter best wishes Simpleton
Dialog swam from his pen like pollywogs

He knew better that perfume was gravity
Pulling him closer to what could be tragedy
Love is blind, deaf and dumb, but never mind

You better catch me when I fall
I'm on my roller skates
Cause any ole way that I fall
I land in your arms even though it's wrong
Cause I love my new mistake

Intermission gave way to a miracle
The birth of an accident grew to a spectacle
That couldn't wait the mother was three weeks late

So Father Mason clutching his crucifix
Baptized the baby in whiskey and licorice
What a lovely way drowning sins in tooth decay

Looks like our hero's gonna fall
The bow's about to break
Cause any ole that I fall
I'll be in your arms as we lie awake
with our lovely new mistake

You better catch me when I fall
My sugar trampoline
Cause any ole way that I fall
I land in your arms even though it's wrong
Cause I love my new mistake

The ending turned tragic when many years later
The baby had grown up and married a pop singer
I think it was her turn to make her first mistake

Any ole time at fall
Any ole way that I fall
I just lie awake with my new mistake