Liz Phair - "Divorce Song"

Liz Phair's debut was a double album "Exile In Guyville" released in 1993 and it was so impressive, she never really managed to live up to it with her subsequent releases. Her next album "Whip Smart" sold quite well and had a hit in "Supernova" but was not to the standard of her debut... critically, anyway. The album was described by her as a song-by-song reply to the 'Rolling Stones' "Exile On Main street" and I have to say, the couple of times I played them back to back, I couldn't see much of a connection. One reason the album was so critically acclaimed, was her honest and sexually explicit lyrics. She wasn't holding back... it was the 90's after all. "Divorce Song" is a song that a hell of a lot of people could relate to, even if by the title only, with lyrics like this "And the license said you had to stick around until I was dead - But if you're tired of looking at my face, I guess I already am" she tells a common story of pain. If we celebrated divorces (I've heard people say we should)... Liz Phair would be a rich lady. So play this at the next divorce party you get invited to.




Divorce Song Lyrics

And when I asked for a separate room
It was late at night, and we'd been driving since noon
But if I'd known how that would sound to you
I would have stayed in your bed for the rest of my life
Just to prove I was right
That it's harder to be friends than lovers
And you shouldn't try to mix the two
'Cause if you do it and you're still unhappy
Then you know that the problem is you
And it's true that I stole your lighter
And it's also true that I lost the map
But when you said that I wasn't worth talking to
I had to take your word on that
But if you'd known how that would sound to me
You would have taken it back
And boxed it up and buried it in the ground
Boxed it up and buried it in the ground
Boxed it up and buried it in the ground
Burned it up and thrown it away
You put in my hands a loaded gun
And then told me not to fire it
When you did the things you said were up to me
And then accused me of trying to fuck it up
But you've never been a waste of my time
It's never been a drag
So take a deep breath and count back from ten
And maybe you'll be alright
And the license said you had to stick around until I was dead
But if you're tired of looking at my face, I guess I already am
But you've never been a waste of my time
It's never been a drag
So take a deep breath and count back from ten
And maybe you'll be alright