"Jacob Marley's Chain" by Aimee Mann

Well, today a friend told me this sorry tale as he stood
there trembling and turning pale he said each day's harder
to get on the scale sort of like jacob marley's chain.

But it's not like life's such a veil of tears it's just full
of thoughts that act as souvenirs for those tiny blunders
made in yesteryears that comprise jacob marley's chain.

Well, I had a little metaphor to state my case it
encompassed the condition of the human race but to my
dismay, it left without a trace except for the sound of
jacob marley's chain.

Now there is no story left to tell so I think I'd rather
just go on to hell where there's a snowball's chance that
the personnel might help to carry jacob marley's chain.