[00:02.30]Album:Storyteller-Complete Anthology
[00:04.30]Title:I WAS ONLY JOKING
[00:08.30]（R. Stewart / G. Grainger）
[00:18.78]Ever since I was a kid at school
[00:23.27]I messed around with all the rules
[00:27.56]Apologised then realised
[00:31.25]I'm not different after all
[00:37.24]Me and the boys thought we had it sussed
[00:40.93]Valentinos all of us
[00:45.72]My dad said we looked ridiculous
[00:49.20]But boy we broke some hearts
[00:55.19]In and out of jobs, running free
[00:59.29]Waging war with society
[01:03.08]Dumb blank faces stare back at me
[01:06.97]But nothing ever changed
[01:12.76]Promises made in the heat of the night
[01:16.15]Creeping home before it got too light
[01:20.54]I wasted all that precious time
[01:25.03]and blamed it on the wine
[01:29.40]I was only joking my dear
[01:34.01]Looking for a way to hide my fear
[01:38.50]What kind of fool was I
[01:42.68]I could never win
[01:51.30]Never found a compromise
[01:56.16]Collected lovers like butterflies
[01:59.95]Illusions of that grand first prize
[02:04.45]are slowly wearing thin
[02:08.83]Susy baby you were good to me
[02:12.73]Giving love unselfishly
[02:17.91]But you took it all too seriously
[02:22.40]I guess it had to end
[02:26.10]I was only joking my dear
[02:30.59]Looking for a way to hide my fear
[02:35.27]What kind of fool was I
[02:39.66]I could never win
[02:46.63]
[04:21.81]Now you ask me if I'm sincere
[04:26.51]That's the question that I always fear
[04:31.10]Verse seven is never clear
[04:34.59]But I'll tell you what you want to hear
[04:40.18]I try to give you all you want
[04:43.77]But giving love is not my strongest point
[04:48.87]If that's the case it's pointless going on
[04:52.76]I'd rather be alone
[04:58.14]'Cause what I'm doing must be wrong
[05:02.74]Pouring my heart out in a song
[05:07.23]Owning up for prosperity
[05:11.42]For the whole damn world to see
[05:16.01]Quietly now while I turn a page
[05:19.90]Act one is over without costume change
[05:26.57]The principal would like to leave the stage
[05:32.76]The crowd don't understand