I'll Be A Good Boy Now

Nive lives wouldn't be enough
To know you perfectly well
But I can tell a fool
From fifteen miles away
Through thick black shades
On a dark and moonless night -yes I'm this good!-

You say your mind is heavy
And now you're sinking down low
To where you can't breathe in
To where you can't breathe out
No you weren't made for these times -or any others-

The world was born without you
And it will end without you
But in the meantime
Sporadic life forms might
Ring you up on a friday night
And take you out in their car -oh come on, lighten up!-

Be good
You know you should
Wash your teeth and go to bed
Please be good
Like you know you should
I'll be a good boy
I'll be a good boy now

And in the heavenly book of life
God mispelled your name
It made you laugh
You like a good practical joke

But nine lives wouldn't be enough
To know you completely well
But I can tell a fool
From twenty miles away
After staring at the sun
For thirty minutes of blinding pain

Be good
You know you should
Wash your teeth and go to bed
Please be good
Like you know you should
I'll be a good boy
I'll be a good boy now
Please be good, etc...

words & music by Jimmy M.
The Existentialists, 2009

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