Fatherhood Blues

Lyrics

[DANNY] Look at me! A part of my life is through Ooh-ooh-ooh I'm twenty-one And I'll soon be a father too Oh-oh-oh Woah My burdens start to grow-oh The fun I used to know-oh I'm watching slip away But my head is high And the air is sweet And the street will not Stay under my feet I walk along To a funky beat Wherever I go, I'm happy! Starting now, I'm paying my dues But instead of singing the blues I'm happy [ALAN] Look at me! A part of me feel like you Except my back is out And I'm really not twenty-two Ooh-ooh-ooh Oh-oh My kid's are grown and so-oh I should be through, but no-oh A fourth one's on the way [DANNY and ALAN] But my head is high And the air is sweet And the street will not Stay under my feet I walk along To a funky beat Wherever I go, I'm happy! [ALAN] I feel young With nothing to lose When you got The Fatherhood Blues [DANNY and ALAN] You're happy! [MAN 1] Did you think life was sweeter than honey? Did you think you had plenty of money? Now you're gonna have a kid! Well, sonny! Kiss it all goodbye China plates, did you think about keeping? Sporty cars, did you dream about beeping? Sunday mornings, did you enjoy sleeping? Kid, don't even try [MAN 2] Will you give up some things that you want? Sure! [MAN 1] Each of them's gonna need othidonture! [MAN 1 and 2] Any junk that the monsters'll want you're Gonna have to buy! But your head is high And the air is sweet And the street will not Stay under your feet You walk along To a funky beat Wherever you go, you're happy! [ALL] My head is high And the air is sweet And the street will not Stay under my feet I walk along To a funky beat Wherever I go, I'm happy! [MAN 1] Deep in debt and holding your shoes [MAN 2] But you've got the Fatherhood Blues You're [ALL] Happy [NICK] A guy who's forty-eight can do it A kid who couldn't wait can do it Bum can do it Boobs can do it Jerks and God knows who! My six brothers once a week can do it Couples who hardly ever speak can do it Fools can do it Freaks can do it What's so hard to do! Little guys without any hair Guys who need a map to know where Even guys who don't even care Come through They do Well no tells me I can't do it too! My head'll be high! When my kid and I We'll walk along to a funky beat Wherever we go feel happy [ALL] My head is high And the air is sweet And the street will not Stay under my feet I walk along To a funky beat Wherever I go, I'm happy! [MAN 1] Why this joy I haven't a clue [MAN 2] Or in fact How much did we do [ALAN] Or an act I hardly recall [DANNY] Why do I feel ten feet tall [ALL] When my burdens grow And my heart is high And the world I know I kiss goodbye And I'm deep in debt And the well is dry And my youth is gone And I touched the sky And I'm feeling great and I don't know why That's the Fatherhood Blues!