Lyrics
THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING TO ME
Lyrics by Peter Merz
Music by Jose Romero
I used to think I was so cool, legend in my own mind
All the right clothes and aftershave, the very best that I could find
Completely cocksure, failure wasn't an option
Always eager to ignore any words of caution
But then my picture-perfect world fell like a house of cards
Don't know how but I was face-down kissing the boulevard
And some transient named Otis with whiskey-breath, (bent down)
Helped me to my feet and said, "Hey, can you spot me," (with his hand out)
PRE-CHORUS
Oh no.this can't be happening to me
This can't be happening to me
CHORUS
One moment all sports cars and caviar
Next down and out, holding canceled Platinum Cards
Black and blue as this muscled bouncer hands me my jaw
I swear he had fists of steel
This can't be happening to me
(Pinch me) this can't be real, real, real
I once stood on certain ground, captain of all I surveyed
I was suave and smooth, a high roller who always knew just what to say
Now I'm drinking cheap whiskey from a paper cup
It's getting kinda late here, so I guess it's bottoms up
Never believed "Trading Places" could ever happen to me
Nobody bothered to tell me that life could shift into the wrong key
Used to work on Wall Street, broker for Geothermal
Now I'm keeping warm with the last night's Wall Street Journal
REPEAT PRE-CHORUS
REPEAT CHORUS
LIFT
Some guys splashed with Dollar Store aftershave
Say, "Why not come with us, run with us. They're holding Food in the Park"
BRIDGE
The long and short of it is I said, "What the hell. Why not?"
The sandwich lady looked like she worked for Marriott
But then that street preacher shot straight to my stony heart
With words so simple and yet state of the art
So simple and yet state of the art
State of the art, oh, oh, oh
END
This can't be happening to me
This can't be happening to me
This can't be happening to me
This can't be happening to me
(Pinch me) this can't be real, real, real
(OW!!! Okay it's real)
OTIS: Hey bro, you think you could spot a brother a few dollars.
(Tell me this isn't happening to me)
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