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Ironic by Alanis Morrisete

(Hey yeah yeah...)

An old man turned ninety-eight
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
Isn't it ironic
Don't you think?
It's (1)________ rain on your weddin' day
It's a free ride when you've already paid
It's the good (2)____________ 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 goodbye
He waited his whole damn life to (3)________ that flight
And as the plane crashed down he thought
Well, isn't this nice...
And isn't it ironic
Don't you think?
It's like rain on your weddin' 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
Well (4)________ has a funny way
Of sneakin' up on you
When you think everything's okay
And everything's goin' right, right...
And life has a funny way
Nobody helpin' you out
When you think everything's (5)________ wrong
And everything blows up in your face
A traffic jam when you're already late
A no smoking sign on (6)________ cigarette break
It's like ten thousand spoons
When all you need is a knife
It's (7)______________ the man of my dreams
And then meetin' his beautiful wife
And isn't it ironic
Don't you think?
A little too ironic
And yeah, I really do think
It's like rain on your weddin' day
It's a free ride when you've already paid
It's the good advice (8)________ you (9)________ didn't take
And who would've thought, it figures...
And your life has a funny way
Of sneaking up on you
Life has a funny, funny way
Of helping you out
Helping you out

Answers:
(1) like(2) advice(3) take(4) life(5) gone(6) your(7) meeting(8) that(9) just