Mrs. Green lyrics

Miserable Mrs. Green

Sit by yourself and think awhile

Of all that once could have been

Instead of what is now

How does it even feel?

You're no longer Madame Butterfly

Yesterday operas

Have quickly passed you by

[Refrain]

Mrs. Green, you're older

But you're really no more clever

Things that you were thinking

I am thinking I will never think at all

Volumes of photographs

Held in your Eisenhower hands

Newer world intellect

Could never understand

You tore yourself apart

All for the neighborhood and kids

And never forgave yourself

For acting as you did

[Refrain]

Where is your family,

And why did they lock you up inside

And what will they talk about

After you have died?

Who scared the birds away

By lining the nest with demands

And using an iron first

And not a helping hand?

Mrs. Green, you're older

But you're really no more clever

Things that you were thinking

I am thinking I will never

Mrs. Green, I know you're not

As happy as you can be

As you watch my new leaf turn,

You're turning green with envy over me

• Artist:The Posies
• Album:Dear 23 (1990)