Story Behind The Song

Daniel handed me this one on a tape and said, 'It's called Consolation Prize, but I don't have any more lyrics than that.' Talk about constraints when you're writing. But where else can one work in the phrase 'the pet you get when your first one dies' and

Song Description

All I knew about this song while I was writing it was that the refrain was "I'm just your Consolation Prize" because I was stuck in a long distance relationship at the time I wrote it and that was how I was beginning to feel towards this girl. I was somet

Lyrics

Consolation Prize

You took your shot
Spun the wheel
It's not your fault - I know how you feel
You bet it all - but there's no shame
At least you won the home game

I'm just your consolation prize
Just a cracker jack box suprise
The pet you get when your first one dies
I'm just your consolation prize

You watched the field
Waited your turn
It's not your fault - that you got burned
You waited 'till your time came around
But the best ones went in the first round

I'm just your consolation prize
The horse the second place jockey rides
The pet you get when your first one dies
I'm just your consolation prize

Your second choice
Is hard to make
A medicine
That's hard to take
Your serve was long
Over the line
But you said the judge was blind

You played your numbers
Didn't win
Someone else got the jackpot again
Them's the breaks and that's so sad
But five out of six ain't bad

I'm just your consolation prize
The horse the second place jockey rides
The pet you get when your first one dies
A value meal you can't super-size
I'm just your consolation prize
Just a cracker jack box suprise
The pet you get when your first one dies
I'm just your consolation prize