"THE BIG SURPRISE"
Words and music by Owen Thomas.
©2001 Birdwing Music, ASCAP.
-Released on the EMI album The Big Surprise, May 22 2002.

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V1.
I am back. This time, I'm the big surprise,
And I'm hiding behind your sofa.
I'm the culture shock. Temporary block.
And I'll love you for the next five minutes.

I'm your magazine, 'cause you read me clean
Without taking any time for pictures.
I'm your hand grenade and your lemonade,
'Cause I'll blow up, and leave you soured.

PRE-CHORUS:
Find somebody with a working car
And drive them crazy too.

CHORUS:
Ah! The big surprise is...
The big surprise is me!

V2.
I worked extra hard to pick your birthday card,
You just threw it out and kept the money.
I got up at six to make your favorite dish,
So I sank when you said you weren't hungry.

Filed your tax return. Let some candles burn.
Played Mozart to make your plants grow.
Then I clipped the trees, got down on my knees,
Not to work, just to pray you'd see me.

PRE-CHORUS:
Find somebody who will paint your house
And gloss them over too.

CHORUS:
Ah! The big surprise is...
The big surprise is me!

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