Dad Rock

I do not want to be
What you set aside for me
I do not want to be
Oh no
And if you come after me
I’ll crawl back into the sea
An ear to the ground
I lay low

Step to the side of the street
I was calm, I was cool, I was smooth on my feet
I sense the blood in defeat
Oh it’s just like the letter
The redder the better, yeah

I do not want to be
What you set aside for me
I do not want to be
Oh no
And if you come after me
I’ll crawl back into the sea
An ear to the ground
I lay low

I hear you talking, you talk too loud
When you’re out walking in this strange town
You run your mouth, you tell your lies
You won’t know it’s coming, it hits you right between the eyes
Come on

Go and take the long way, the long way, the long way
Go and take the long way, the long way

Oh, you come back here to tell me I’m wrong
Don’t want to be let out when your shadow is long
'Cause when the liquor is strong they start singing along, sing singing along
Oh they stand up as your making the call
A few boys in the back and they’re starting to brawl
I love you big and small, short and tall when you fall
I love you warts and all

Waiting for the next thing
You’re waiting for the best thing to come around
Forget about the stressing
Can’t you see it’s pressing your spirit down

Oh, you come back here to tell me I'm wrong
Don’t want to be let out when your shadow is long
'Cause when the liquor is strong they start singing along, sing singing along
Oh they stand up as your making the call
A few boys in the back and they’re starting to brawl
I love you big and small, short and tall when you fall
I love you warts and all

Gonna take the long way, the long way, the long way
Gonna take the long way, the long way

I hear you talking, you talk to loud
When you’re out walking in this strange town

I don’t give a crap
I’m taking a dirt nap
Don’t need no urn
I’m feeding the worms
Don’t call me lazy
I’m pushing up daisies
I met the reaper
Now I’m one big sleeper

I don’t give a crap
I’m taking a dirt nap
No don’t give a crap
I’m taking a dirt nap
Don’t give a shit
Yeah I already kicked it

Ready to close up
I got my toes up
Leave me alone
I’m nothing but bone
Oh it’s a lock
Got my name on a rock
I made a blunder
Now I’m six feet under

I don’t give a crap
I’m taking a dirt nap
No don’t give a crap
I’m taking a dirt nap
Don’t give a shit
I already kicked it

Everybody’s saying
What they wanna be
When they’re young
They wanna know what you do
When you have you’re fun
They never stop to think
The time will come
Just wanna run, run, run, run, run, run, run
Run Run Run
Yeah Run Run Run

I don’t give a crap
Taking a dirt nap
I don’t give a crap
Taking a dirt nap
I don’t give a crap
Taking a dirt nap
I don’t give a crap
Crap!

Why’s nobody noticing
There’s nobody noticing but me
There’s nobody noticing
Seems like nobody’s noticing but me

'Cause they don’t stand for nothing
They don’t stand for anything at all

I have made you no promises
You wouldn’t notice the water 'till you drown
The hell with your promises
You are no man about town

'Cause you don’t care about nothing
You don’t care about anything, no

Of course they all notice your weight
They’ll notice that you tacked on a few extra pounds
Yeah, and by a few I mean a hundred
I can’t see my feet

Why’s nobody noticing
Nobody’s noticing but me
Why’s nobody noticing
Yeah nobody’s noticing but me

Nobody’s noticing
Nobody’s noticing, no
Nobody’s noticing
Yeah nobody’s noticing but me

Down at the watering hole
Where all the animals come to drink

The Crocodiles are getting a divorce
Listen to them whine about who is worse

Poor Mrs. Ostrich, she lost a kid
To the lions, yes she did

Down at the watering hole
Where all the animals come to drink

The Jackals, they are a pain in the ass
They’re always asking, you gonna eat that

Ms. Hippopotamus, she’s so insecure
She cannot wear what she once wore

The Cape Dogs are running through the town
But before last call, they will be round

So squeeze in with old man Giraffe
And John Hyena, he’s always good for a laugh

Down at the watering hole
Where all the animals come to think

Everybody wants to see
What they will do to me
They'll be up early
Drive into town
To get a good seat
Bite to eat

Run out of time
This is now my cleansing
No alibi
Why even try
My god

Hold on
Who put you in charge?
I see nobody
I see nobody, No!

Slip of the tongue
Up on your feet
But in the end
You’ll answer to me

The louder you plead
The harder you pray
I want you to know
This happens today

You ask
Who put me in charge?
I need nobody
I need nobody, No!

Run out of time
This is now my cleansing
No alibi
Why even try
My god

Hold on
Who put you in charge?
I see nobody
I see nobody No!

Take the road through the trees
Kick through the leaves
Fear they may follow me home
There’s a voice on the breeze
Weak at the knees
They are just ghost stories

Ichabod, why every Halloween
Do you believe in each and every word that they say
Pull yourself together, like they always do
They just wanna get the better of you

Ichabod, we’re coming to get you

Part of some wicked cabaret
The branches sway
Why did I come this way
Tonight the dead are free
Though I cannot see
I feel them watching me

Ichabod, why every Halloween
Do you believe in each and every word that they say
The dead, they do get jealous
You know that it’s true
They just wanna make a fool out of you

Ichabod, we’re coming to get you
Ichabod, you better run for your life

I can’t see forever
But I know that it’s there
Out beyond the farthest buoy
I can see from my beach chair
It was one of a pair
That my parents bought us
For the first summer after the wedding

They all wanna know where I’ve been
And where I’m going to
Every minute of every day
Boy I’m sick of it
My kids have grown
They got kids of their own
And they’re a real pain in the ass
But I love 'em anyway

You left me here on my own
There is no comfort in staring at a stone
All my friends have gone one by one
I know, good for me
But when will my time

My old chair is hanging on by a thread
And a little bit of duck tape
That I use on almost everything
Gave the other to my granddaughter
On her first trip down the shore
But now she says it’s uncomfortable
So I sit alone

You left me here on my own
There is no comfort in staring at a stone
All my friends have gone one by one
I know, good for me
But when will my time

I sit down by the water
To get away from the family
I tell them I just like the breeze
And the cold on my feet
And as I look out at the sea
I wish she was sitting next to me
It’s been almost thirty years
And I miss her to death

I‘ve been away for a long time
Now I‘m trying to find my way home
Everybody expects me to be
The cool guy from the radio

I‘ve been away for a long time
Now I‘m trying to find my way home
Everybody‘s looking at me like
Like I should know

I‘ve been away for a long time
But I finally made it back home
Everybody expects me to be
The cool guy from the radio

And in the morning I run right
Back to the hole where I went insane
I saw the wolf as it came down
Saw where it hit ground

Yeah, we go back
Back to the strange
Back to the town
Back to the drains
They all meet underground
I hear them now calling for you

Yeah, we go back
Back to the young
Back on the run
Back to the days
We thought we had won
Never thought I'd be calling for you

Take me back
Take me back
Take me back

I‘ve been away for a long time
But I finally made my way home
Everybody expects me to be
The cool guy from the radio

And in the morning I run right
Back to the hole where I went insane
I saw the wolf as it came down
Saw where it hit ground

I‘ve been away for a long time
But I finally made it back home
Everybody expects me to be
The cool guy from the radio

And in the morning I run right
Back to the hole where I went insane
I saw the wolf as it came down
Saw where it hit ground