Elvis Costello - Goon Squad lyrics

Mother, father, I'm here in the zoo<br>I can't come home 'cause I've grown up too soon<br>I got my sentence<br>I got my command<br>They said they'd make me major if I met all their demands<br><br>I could be a corp'ral into corp'ral punishment<br>Or the gen'ral manager of a large establishment<br>They pat some good boys on the back and put some to the rod<br>But I never thought they'd put me in the<br><br>Goon squad<br>They've come to look you over and they're giving you the eye<br>Goon squad<br>They want you to come out to play<br>You'd better say goodbye<br><br>Some grow just like their dads<br>And some grow up too tall<br>Some go drinking with the lads<br>Some don't grow up at all<br><br>And you must find the proper place<br>For everything you see<br>But you'll never get to make a lampshade out of me<br><br>I could join a chain of males or be the missing link<br>Looking for a lucky girl to put me in the pink<br>They pat some good boys on the back and put some to the rod<br>But I never thought they'd put me in the<br><br>Good squad ....<br><br>Mother, father, I'm doing so well<br>I'm making such progress now that you can hardly tell<br>I fit in a little dedication<br>With one eye on the clock<br>They caught you under medication<br>You could be in for a shock<br><br>Thinking up the alibis that ev'ryone's forgotten<br>Just another mummy's boy gone to rotten<br>They pat some good boys on the back and put some to the rod<br>But I never thought they'd put me in the<br><br>Goon squad....