The Way of the World
Get yourself a teenage son
And then you want to make him happy
You want to get him his own TV
You want to buy him a real fast car
But who told you that you should do that?
Where'd you get a thought like that?
Why not give him all your cash
Vegas hookers, and lots of drugs?
Don't tell me that's the way of the world
I will not talk back
Don't tell me that's the way of the world
'Cause that will not track
I hear you have a teenage daughter
I hear she's pure as driven snow
You want to give her a credit card
Let her pick out her own clothes
Why not send her off to college?
Don't you worry, she'll be fine
Send her on that trip to Europe
She won't need a chaperone
Don't tell me that's the way of the world
I will not talk back
Don't tell me that's the way of the world
'Cause that will not track
We're not here to follow
We are here to change things
We're not here to follow
We're not here to do strange things
You tell me you're afraid of bad guys
You understand that they have guns
And so you vote to outlaw guns
Because you are afraid of bad guys
You know the bad guys actually don't
like it when you make laws against them
Nevermind
Don't tell me that's the way of the world
And I will not talk back
Don't tell me that's the way of the world
'Cause that will not track
Don't tell me that's the way of the world
And I will not talk back
Don't tell me that's the way of the world
'Cause that will not track
We're not here to follow
We are here to change things
We're not here to follow
We're not here to do strange things
We're not here to follow
We are here to change things
We're not here to follow
We're not here to do strange things
And then you want to make him happy
You want to get him his own TV
You want to buy him a real fast car
But who told you that you should do that?
Where'd you get a thought like that?
Why not give him all your cash
Vegas hookers, and lots of drugs?
Don't tell me that's the way of the world
I will not talk back
Don't tell me that's the way of the world
'Cause that will not track
I hear you have a teenage daughter
I hear she's pure as driven snow
You want to give her a credit card
Let her pick out her own clothes
Why not send her off to college?
Don't you worry, she'll be fine
Send her on that trip to Europe
She won't need a chaperone
Don't tell me that's the way of the world
I will not talk back
Don't tell me that's the way of the world
'Cause that will not track
We're not here to follow
We are here to change things
We're not here to follow
We're not here to do strange things
You tell me you're afraid of bad guys
You understand that they have guns
And so you vote to outlaw guns
Because you are afraid of bad guys
You know the bad guys actually don't
like it when you make laws against them
Nevermind
Don't tell me that's the way of the world
And I will not talk back
Don't tell me that's the way of the world
'Cause that will not track
Don't tell me that's the way of the world
And I will not talk back
Don't tell me that's the way of the world
'Cause that will not track
We're not here to follow
We are here to change things
We're not here to follow
We're not here to do strange things
We're not here to follow
We are here to change things
We're not here to follow
We're not here to do strange things
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Writer(s): Joseph Lee Henry, Mose Allison
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