Cry, child

Try to be bigger than me

You'll see just how fast it all comes around

You'll never be much



Daddy holds my head when I sleep

Sings me songs that his father once penned for him

You'll never be much

You'll never be much of anything



Into the open air

Into your smiling mug

Into the open air to prove you're the top

Out of the fierce parade

Into your smiling mug

Into the open air to prove you're the top



Some days you don't want to get out of bed

So you don't and everyone gets ahead in the world

You'll never be much



Some says the only thought that consoles your tired head at the close of another day is

You'll never be much

You'll never be much of anything



(Some people spend their whole lives saying 'come out and play with me,

Come out and stay with me, come out and play' and then they run away

They'll never be much

And if you wait your whole life for somebody to say to you 'come out and play with me,

Come out and stay' and then you run away

You'll never be much

You'll never be anything)



Into the open air

Into your smiling mug

Into the open air to prove you're the top

Out of the fierce parade

Into your smiling mug

Into the open air to prove you're the top