Elvis Costello - Goon Squad

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Em D Em
mother , father , i’m here in the zoo .
D/F# Em D/A Em
i can’t come home ’cause i’ve grown up too soon .
Em D Em
i got my sentence , i got my command .
D/F# Em A
they said they’d make me major if i met all their demands .
G D/F# A
i could be a corpral into corpral punishment ,
G D/F# A
or the genral manager of a large establishment .

chorus :
G D/F# A
they pat some good boys on the back and put some to the rod ,
Em D Em
but i never thought they’d put me in the goon squad .
C G D G
they’ve come to look you over and they’re giving you the eye .
Em D Em
goon squad
C G D G
they want you to come out to play ; you’d better say goodbye .

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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 .

chorus

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 everyone’s forgotten ,
just another mummy’s boy gone to rotten .

chorus

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