Sundial In the Shade

As she sat down, put up her feet And she turned the telly on She clearly wanted some revenge For her how badly day had gone And nothing could be better No end of day complete Than watching fellow woman Getting beat So she smiled a knowing smile As gradually, the plot Took the damsel down For everything she'd got And nothing made her heart beat like Another falling flat That she was not the only one Who married into that What I want from life Is not a rollercoaster dip What I want from love Is not a rampart to escape All I want is compliment occasionally made For a life of pure simplicity, unlike these soaps I trade 'Til then, I am just that sundial in the shade See, mama went to prison And left her feeling blue Now, twenty good years later She's in that prison too A prison where the governors In the armchair of despair A prison where the only thought Is "I wish she wasn't there" So she smiled a knowing smile As gradually, he told Took away her dignity And offered her the road So with coat over pajamas She headed into the night Television never made no friends But solitude just might What I want from life Is not a rollercoaster dip (what I want from life) What I want from love Is not a rampart to escape All I want is compliment occasionally made For a life of pure simplicity, unlike these soaps I trade 'Til then, I am just that sundial in the shade In the shade Sundial in the shade, ooh Oh Oh, oh Oh-oh Ooh Groom has just, too, made up With the father of the bride And the punch, I'm sure that's just too hard For the bridesmaids to decide Like the mints that fenced the logger breath There's so much he could hide It's a plastic bag or jellyfish That's floating by your side What I want from life (what I want from life) Is not a rollercoaster dip What I want from love (what I want from love) Is not a rampart to escape All I want is compliment occasionally made For a life with pure simplicity, unlike these soaps I trade 'Til then, I am just ('til then, I am just) that sundial in the shade 'Til then, I am just that sundial in the shade In the shade Sundial All I want from life All I want from love