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V1
I had a way of veiling words they were afraid to hear.

I never cared what others thought, I was quite cavalier
.

I mocked their outrage, as I firmly got inside their heads
.

And when they’d lash out, I’d roll over and play very dead.

REFRAIN

Yeah, I know you’ve heard the stories, 

and I know you’ve heard the rumors.
There was no one who could ever match my vicious sense of humor…



V2

I used to crack jokes as I’d come across these pompous fools
.
Nothing but nervous laughter followed on by ridicule
.
Sometimes my comebacks worked just like a thousand little cuts

They found the alcohol but they could never find their guts.

REFRAIN


Yeah, I know you’ve heard the stories, and I know you’ve heard the rumors.

There was no one who could ever match my vicious sense of humor.

I know you’ve heard the stories, 

and I know you’ve heard the rumors.

But the one thing that I never lost was my goddam sense of humor. 


BRIDGE

And they called me, “the comedian”,
 and you all know what that implied,

they were appalled and mortified

.
No, I answered to no one,
and no one was surprised,

That the best part of my jokes, 
occurred after the laughter died.

SOLO

V3

I liked to make sport of, both low and high, society.

I meted mockery with equal opportunity.

And all my critics said that I took nothing seriously,

Turns out my wit exposed a bit too much hypocrisy.

REFRAIN


Yeah, I know you’ve heard the stories,
and I know you’ve heard the rumors.

There was no one who could ever match my vicious sense of humor…



I know you’ve heard the stories,
and I know you’ve heard the rumors.

But the one thing that I never lost was my goddam sense of humor…



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from The Disappearing Architect, released June 21, 2021
Written, arranged, performed, engineered, produced: John "Yanni" Fotiadis

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Empty City Squares New Jersey

John Fotiadis (AKA "Yanni" to his friends), is an Architect by day and a songwriter and multi-instrumentalist the rest of the time. Over the last 15+ years he's written and recorded music for film, Theater, TV, and Podcasts.

Yanni loves old rock and roll and blues and a lot of music from the UK. Empty City Squares is his sometimes real / sometimes virtual band. ... more

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