"Joking" is an Amy Ray song from the first half of '91. The performance I'm transcribing is from Provincetown, Mass, on 28 July 1991. Joking You said the world was magic I was bright-eyed and laughing We were dancing up to the bright side Forget about your ego Forget about your pride And you will never have to compromise But you were only joking Talk about mothers kissing the wounds of our fathers I would have been your sister I could have been your brother You kissed me like I was a soldier heading for war I died in Nam but I don't know what for And you were only joking Gravel and glass on the bottom of my feet I bruised my heels on the swollen streets We were girls in bars We were boys on the town Bumping like a pinball off a careless crowd You said good friends are hard to come by I laughed and bought you a beer 'cause it was too corny to cry Sentiment given and sentiment lost You shake it off with a smirk and a toss Cause you were only joking.