don't let's start

"No one in the world ever gets what they want
and that is beautiful
Everybody dies frustrated and sad
and that is beautiful
They want what they're not and I wish they would stop saying
Deputy dog dog a ding dang depadepa deputy dog dog a ding dang depadepa
D, world destruction
O, ver and overture
N, do I need
apostrophe T, need this torture?"

I'm sure it's no coincidence that I decided this weekend to replace my copy of "Then: The Earlier Years," the compilation of They Might Be Giants' Bar/None Records releases, that had been stolen from me last year. How could anyone be unhappy for long, when there's They Might Be Giants?

Not to mention friends who are gracious, understanding and forgiving.