"Ironic" lyrics - ALANIS MORISSETTE

[Intro:]
Hey, yeah, yeah
Yeah, ah-ah-ah, yeah

An old man turned 98
He won the lottery, and died the next day
It's a black fly in your Chardonnay
It's a death row pardon two minutes too late

[Pre-Chorus:]
Isn't it ironic?
Don't you think?

[Chorus:]
It's like rain on your wedding day
It's a free ride when you've already paid
It's the good advice that you just didn't take
And who would've thought-it figures!

Mr. Play-It-Safe was afraid to fly
He packed his suitcase and kissed his kids good-bye
He waited his whole damn life to take that flight
And as the plane crashed down he thought, "Well, isn't this nice?"

[Pre-Chorus:]
And isn't it ironic?
Don't you think?

[Chorus:]
It's like rain on your wedding day
It's a free ride when you've already paid
It's the good advice that you just didn't take
And who would've thought-it figures!

[Bridge:]
Well, life has a funny way of sneaking up on you
When you think everything's okay and everything's going right
And life has a funny way of helping you out
When you think everything's gone wrong
And everything blows up in your face

It's a traffic jam when you're already late
A no-smoking sign on your cigarette break
It's like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife
It's meeting the man of my dreams
And then meeting his beautiful wife

[Pre-Chorus:]
And isn't it ironic?
Don't you think?
A little too ironic
And yeah, I really do think

[Chorus:]
It's like rain on your wedding day
It's a free ride when you've already paid
It's the good advice that you just didn't take
And who would've thought-it figures!

[Outro:]
And yeah, life has a funny way of sneaking up on you
And life has a funny, funny way of helping you out
Helping you out