Take out the child and shoot him in the face.
Show him who's boss. Put him in his place.
Teach him how to love. Teach him how to kill.
Write him in the paper. Write him in the will.
Drag him out to lunch. Drag him down to hell.
He's off to university better wish him well.

Let him take you money. Let him take your car.
With him goes your optimism; He becomes your star.
Shower down your wisdom. Fake what you don't know.
He is getting honored; no need for you to go.
Hide inside your bedroom; call him on the phone.
Let him deal with solitude by letting him alone.

Don't answer questions. Laugh if weakness pleads.
Knife the major arteries and drink it if it bleeds.
Send away the mail. Check it for disease.
Ask for mash potatoes, never saying please.
If things can't get worse say, they're not so bad.
Do whatever you have to do, and never show you're sad.

Father America; what is going on?
Why won't you help me? Help me, your son.
I am in the frontline on the city streets,
And you are in the bedroom, playing under sheets.
With some other woman, who it is I'm not so sure.
You can't fight what's dying if you don't have a cure!