As you sit there now, your hair almost white
The wrinkles on your hands
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So friendly and soft, who would have ever thought
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I didn't become what you wanted, but dad listen now
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I do the things I do with my eyes closed
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You had big plans but little came of them
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I don't achieve anything
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I didn't learn much, did everything just wrong
I have trouble with relationships
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I don't walk in line, I break and fight myself free
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And do the things I do with my eyes closed
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Button your coat, put on a tie
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Comb your hair, straighten your shoulders
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Don't hang around, straight home
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Introduce yourself properly, eat the way you're supposed to and say sir, sir, sir
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I stand here and I sing, I'm just doing my thing
You've got to accept that
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Oh listen dad, it's not too late yet
Because living can be learned
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I don't know where I stand, follow nobody
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But I do the things I do with my eyes closed
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Button your coat, put on a tie
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Comb your hair, straighten your shoulders
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Don't hang around, straight home
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Introduce yourself properly, eat the way you're supposed to and say sir, sir, sir