I Sang And I Satirized Poem by Mark Heathcote

I sang and I satirized
I laughed and I cried
I gave him everything
He gave me a garden
He gave me the stars
He gave me a son
And a broken heart
Oh, where to begin…

I sang and I satirized
I laughed and I cried
I gave most everything
He gave me a mortgage
He gave me a freeway
A place in the dark
I'm still driving on
Oh, where to begin…

I sang and I satirized
I laughed and I cried
I gave him everything
He's just gave me another kid
He gave me a promise
He gave me a wet squib
Boy, just what did I miss?
Oh, where to begin…

Oh he gave me a rocky road
He gave me a rodeo
Now there isn't any letting him go
So I sang him this song.
I sang and I satirized
I laughed and I cried
I gave him everything
And hello, here we go again

He's just gave me another kid
He gave me his eternal promise
He gave me a wet squib
Boy, just what did I miss?
Oh, where to begin…

So I sang him this song.
I sang and I satirized
I laughed and I cried
I gave him everything
And then one day, he just died at 35.
He never suffered fools
But I sure kept him amused.