Joke In There Somewhere lyrics - Dawes

Each morning my beloved

Asks me to open up my eyes

See what kind of attention I can pay

I see a corporate coffee house

Puttin' up their Christmas decorations

Commuter cars all waiting at a light

A line outside the Roxy

Full of hopeful conversation

Some local band is playing there tonight

A couple walks their dog discussing

What to eat for dinner

A runaway is being read his rights

A hotel hosts a conference called

"Investment For Beginners"

Some high school coach is breaking up a fight

But there's a joke in there somewhere

A joke in there somewhere

A joke in there somewhere

One that I am not prepared to make

This afternoon my doctor

Had me sit down in a chair

He asks me then to walk him through my day

I heard radios bring ball games

To an ancient glacial traffic

A starving dog was whimpering in pain

A soundcheck through the alley

That sounds like something close to magic

For a traveling dad that's bound to miss his plane

A boomer on a cell phone

Talking through party provisions

Beneath the giant bullseye neon sign

And I mention dixie cups and pizza crusts

And giant televisions

The allegory of the conga line

There's a joke in there somewhere

A joke in there somewhere

A joke in there somewhere

One that I just don't know how to tell

And now as the sun is setting

I meet my brother for a drink

And he asks if I've got something on my mind

So I tell him about this movie

And how I didn't get the ending

Why do they let the creature get away?

He reminds me that all it is

Is costumes and pretending

But there must be something else they're trying to say

About these buildings and the asphalt

In their natural habitations

The pigeons, cats and rats and parasites

This wild and dancing city

Conducting perfect orchestrations

The way a stranger wishes us goodnight

But he says, "every time we've sat here

Getting nervous for the future

We've ended up some version of ok

These songs that we are singing

Shouldn't give in to the rumors

They should give some kind of strength to meet the day"

But there's a joke in there somewhere

A joke in there somewhere

A joke in there somewhere

We just gotta find a way to laugh

We just gotta find a way to laugh