Goon Squad Lyrics by Elvis Costello

Goon Squad Lyrics

    Mother, father, i'm here in the zoo
    I can't come home 'cause i've grown up too soon
    I got my sentence
    I got my command
    They said they'd make me major if i met all their demands

    I could be a corp'ral into corp'ral punishment
    Or the gen'ral manager of a large establishment
    They pat some good boys on the back and put some to the rod
    But i never thought they'd put me in the

    Goon squad
    They've come to look you over and they're giving you the eye
    Goon squad
    They want you to come out to play
    You'd better say goodbye

    Some grow just like their dads
    And some grow up too tall
    Some go drinking with the lads
    Some don't grow up at all

    And you must find the proper place
    For everything you see
    But you'll never get to make a lampshade out of me

    I could join a chain of males or be the missing link
    Looking for a lucky girl to put me in the pink
    They pat some good boys on the back and put some to the rod
    But i never thought they'd put me in the

    Good squad ....

    Mother, father, i'm doing so well
    I'm making such progress now that you can hardly tell
    I fit in a little dedication
    With one eye on the clock
    They caught you under medication
    You could be in for a shock

    Thinking up the alibis that ev'ryone's forgotten
    Just another mummy's boy gone to rotten
    They pat some good boys on the back and put some to the rod
    But i never thought they'd put me in the

    Goon squad....

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