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The Menopause Song
By Stephanie Kemp










aka That Fucked Up Feeling

Lyrics written by Stephanie Kemp at 4:30am

Music (and inspiration and original song and lyrics and everything else that mattered to me yesterday) by Bo Burnham and his beautiful song, “That Funny Feeling”

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Today I heard a perfect song and thought: This could change my life.
I can still be anything - a rockstar, felon, wife.
Nothing really matters, except every minute does.
I can’t throw in the towel, for no reason, just because.

There it is again, that fucked up feeling.
That fucked up feeling.
There it is again, that fucked up feeling.
That fucked up feeling…

I’m tired and I’m angry but can’t wait to start the day.
My daughters are both fast asleep, I wish they’d go, but stay.
What the fuck has happened, how can I be 55?
I’m sort of fat and boiling, still it’s great to be alive!

I make the toast, I flip the eggs, I eat an iron pill.
I kiss my family’s morning cheeks, through smiles against their will.
This is what we get to do because our world still spins,
With cancellation looming since not everyone can win.

There it is again, that fucked up feeling.
That fucked up feeling.
There it is again, that fucked up feeling.
That fucked up feeling…

I don’t know who won yesterday, or who the Eagles played.
At least Ben Affleck made some dough, and got those donuts made.
Don’t worry - I am joking!  I’m not angry, all is fine.
This is what we learn to say, as we move down the line.

I donate blood, I write some poems, for other people’s shows.
I lose track in the metaworse, so who knows where it goes?
Again, I am not angry, ‘cuz I do it for the kids.
They need to have some real shit stew, beneath their Insta lids.

There it is again, that fucked up feeling.
That fucked up feeling.
There it is again, that fucked up feeling.
That fucked up feeling…….

Constipation/Irritation, is one more mid life perk,
I could just blame the iron pill, but then I’d be a jerk.
We only have one life to live, “Don’t stop, don’t think, just do!”
If Gratitude’s my Attitude, I’ll have less shit to sort through.

There it is again, that fucked up feeling.
That fucked up feeling.
There it is again, that fucked up feeling.
That fucked up feeling

Hey what can you say? We are halfway through.
But it’ll  be over soon, you wait.

Hey what can you say? We are halfway through.
But it’ll be over soon, don’t wait.
Ba-da-da, ba-da-da, ba-da-da-da-dum

Hey what can you say? Although Eagles flew,
I just heard the Chiefs pulled through (with 38).
Ba-da-da, ba-da-da, ba-da-da-da-dum

Hey, there’s so much to say! We’re only halfway through.
I will not cancel you, or hate……
Ba-da-da, ba-da-da, ba-da-da-da

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ps. Bo? If this is you, sorry about the extra stanza. I am no Bo Burnham, even if I am already working on a new song about adolescence and/or copyright infringement!

pps. I learned how to play this on the guitar, in case you want to hear it.