Cut The Cake

[ti:Cut The Cake] [ar:The Fiery Furnaces] [al:I'm Going Away] [00:00.00]The Fiery Furnaces - Cut The Cake [00:04.00] [00:05.87]When I heard the news [00:07.40]I nearly lost my breath [00:09.13]My heart stopped [00:10.07]And I held my chest [00:12.47]How could it be true, how could it be true? [00:15.88] [00:20.51]I bought ten copies of the paper [00:23.68]Tried to buy them all [00:24.83]But they wouldn』t let me [00:26.93]How could it be true, how could it be true? [00:31.23] [00:34.96]Cut out the clip [00:36.24]And wallpapered my wall [00:38.01]I took it to work [00:38.91]To make copies so I could paper the whole house [00:41.36]How could it be true, how could it be true? [00:44.87] [00:48.99]I scanned it too [00:50.37]So I could show it to my out-of-town friends [00:55.17]I wrote a letter to the editor [00:56.75]To give praise and a mention [00:58.21]To the names they forgot [01:01.56]And the answers they didn』t question [01:04.63]And those answers they didn』t question [01:07.75]So what’s one to do [01:09.28]With all this fame and glory [01:10.95]Hire a PR firm [01:12.52]To tell the rest of the story [02:47.42][02:41.23][02:35.06][01:14.47]How could it be true, how could it be true? [02:50.97][02:45.19][02:38.23][01:17.77] [01:22.62]Write it down quick [01:23.61]So I can make the 4 o』clock news [01:25.47]I know it’s only local [01:28.65]But if it’s what they choose [01:30.42]We』ll celebrate over dinner, [01:31.87]Maybe dancing too [01:34.88] [02:11.76][01:38.73]Who cut the cake? [02:12.61][01:39.99]Without any warning [02:16.41][01:43.42]Who cut the cake? [02:18.94][01:45.89]With my special knife [02:22.27][01:49.16]Into tiny little pieces for every fella’s wife [02:27.03][01:52.67]