I Do, I Think

I don’t believe the story, but maybe it’s one I need to hear
You get one hell of a party, oh even if the spirit’s insincere
Because I hate beginnings
But can’t handle ends
So is it worse to marry,
Or to die as friends?
When you don’t believe the story
But maybe it’s one you need to hear
Well as half the folks I know start to go
It’s becoming all too clear

Brian ordered his old fashioned after I ordered mine
We compared notes on what brought us to this DoubleTree at the IC waterline
I bemoaned the ceremony, he said his kids would be OK
When I was singing Ben E. King, he was living out the 50 Ways

Oh man, I got to thinking, after we’d been drinking
That maybe what they say is true

'Cause I don’t believe the story, but maybe it’s one I need to hear
You get one hell of a party, oh even if the spirit’s insincere
'Cause I hate beginnings
But can’t handle ends
So is it worse to marry,
Or to die as friends?
When you don’t believe the story
But maybe it’s one you need to hear
Well as half the folks I know start to go
It’s becoming all too clear

Five years ago, Katherine referenced the insurmountable
By two years ago, at the altar, I assumed he’d been held accountable
I’d had my suspicions, but it wasn’t my place
And now he’s wasting his breath just trying to plead his case

Oh man, I started thinking, after we’d been drinking
That maybe what they say is true

Because I hate beginnings
Ah, can’t handle ends
So is it worse to marry,
Or to die as friends?
When you don’t believe the story, but maybe it’s one you need to hear
Well as half the folks I know start to go
It’s becoming all too clear