Wishing for Contentment - Andrew Bird

Well you know sometimes

I find myself

Wishing for contentment

Hoping for relentment

Venting my resentment

On the happy few on the happy few yeah

Awaiting resolution

And dreams of restitution

But finding retribution

Is just another thing to do

'Cause you've got to keep yourself busy

Visit aunt Lizzy

Just see how she's been

But when you're making a late run

Two judgmental matrons retort

See what I mean

A seeming reprobation

Perhaps it's my vocation

Oh nauseous elation

Comes to mind but fades so soon ah

Wishing for contentment

Hoping for relentment

Venting my resentment

On the happy few

Yes I'm awaiting resolution

And dreams of restitution restitution

Finding retribution

Is just another thing

You've got to keep yourself busy

Visit aunt Lizzy

Just see how she's been

But when you're making a late run

Two judgmental matrons retort

See what I mean

A seeming reprobation

Perhaps it's my vocation

Oh nauseous elation

Comes to mind but fades so soon

It fades so soon

It fades so soon