"Cheer Up Charlie" lyrics

Cheer up, Charlie
That's what she used to say when the numbers were low
Knocking on my door with a box of Merlot

Cheer up, Charlie
I only feel guilty at night
It must be something about how the window shades turn to ghosts
When I turn out the light

Well she was poking at the circles underneath my eyes, she said
"This is how somebody tells that somebody tries-too hard"

Cheer up, Charlie
That's what she used to say to make fun of my middle name
Charles is too serious
And Chuck ain't the same

Cheer up, Charlie
Oh, it used to make me so mad
Now I wish she'd just call me and say it again
Wish she'd just call me and say it again

Cause she was poking at the circles underneath my eyes, she said
"This is how somebody tells that somebody tries-too hard"
Well she was poking at the circles underneath my eyes, she said
"This is how somebody tells that somebody tries-too hard"

Cheer up, Charlie
That's what I say to myself in the mirror in the middle of the night
Yeah, I've been drinking
But I'm all right

Cheer up, Charlie
I know I ruined it and it's never going to change
But you could at least tell me why
You could at least, at least tell me why
And she said

You know why, you know why
You know why, you just don't want to say it
You know why, you know why
You know why, you just don't want to say it
You know why. You know why
You know why, you just don't want to say it to me...