Joking

you said the world was magic
 i was wide-eyed and laughing
 we were dancing up to the bright side
 forget about your ego
 forget about your pride
 and you will never have to compromise
 and you were only joking
 you were only joking brother
 we talked about our mothers
 kissed the wounds of our fathers
 i could have been your sister
 i would have been your brother
 you kissed me like i was a soldier
 headed for a war
 i dying man but i don't know what for
 and you were only joking
 you were only joking brother
 you were only joking
 (wide-eyed and laughing)
 you were only joking brother
 (dancing up to the bright side)
 gravel and glass on the bottom of my feet
 i bruised my heels on the swollen street
 we were girls in bars
 boys on the town
 bumping like a pinball off a careless crowd
 you said good friends are hard to come by
 i laughed and bought you a beer
 it's too corny to cry
 well sentiment given
 oh sentiment lost
 you shake it off with a smirk and a toss
 and you were only joking
 you were only joking brother
 you were only joking
 were only joking brother
 and you were only joking
 (gravel and glass on the bottom of my feet)
 you were only joking brother
 (i bruised my heels on the swollen street)
 you kissed me like a soldier heading for a war
 (joking)
 i'm a dying man
 (you were only joking)
 and you were only joking
 (don't know what for)
 (dying man)
 you were only joking brother
 (don't know what for)
 and you were only
 and you were only
 and you were only joking
 brother
 one two three four
 ah yeah
 sha la
 sha la
 sha la
 sha la
 sha la
 (wide eyed and laughing)
 sha la
 (dancing up to the bright side)
 sha la
 (wide eyed and laughing)
 sha la
 (dancing up to the bright side)