Bein' A Dad-Loudon Wainwright III

[00:16.54]Bein' a dad isn't so bad [00:21.43]Except that you gotta feed 'em [00:27.11]You gotta shoe 'em and clothe 'em [00:30.25]And try not to loathe 'em [00:32.94]Bug 'em and hug 'em and heed 'em [00:39.68]Bein' a dad can sure make you mad [00:43.88]Man it even can drive you crazy [00:50.32]It's as hard as it looks [00:52.88]You gotta read them dumb books [00:55.19]And you end up despising Walt Disney [01:02.51]Bein' a dad starts to get radical [01:07.00]When they turn into teenagers [01:12.97]You gotta tighten the screws [01:15.87]Enforce the curfews [01:18.42]Confiscate weapons and pagers [01:24.80]But a daughter and son [01:27.08]Can be sort of fun [01:29.30]Just as long as they don't defy you [01:33.30]They'll treat you like a king [01:35.89]They'll believe anything [01:38.34]They're easy to frighten and lie to [01:45.86]Bein' a dad (bein' a dad) [01:50.21]Bein' a dad (bein' a dad) [01:54.81]Bein' a dad can make you feel glad [01:58.65]When you get paperweights and aftershave lotions [02:05.26]Yeah it feels pretty great when they graduate [02:08.48]That's when you're choked with emotions [02:17.12]But bein' a dad takes more than a tad of [02:21.75]Good luck and divine intervention [02:27.86]You need air tight alibis [02:30.81]Fool proof disguises [02:33.09]Desperation's the father of invention [02:39.09]So sometimes you take off [02:41.79]For a few rounds of golf [02:43.80]And you stay away for half of their lifetimes [02:48.38]The result of it all is [02:50.49]You're captured and hauled up [02:52.81]Before a tribunal for dad crimes [03:01.00]Bein' a dad (bein' a dad) [03:04.48]Bein' a dad (bein' a dad) [03:08.93]Bein' a dad can make you feel sad [03:13.12]Like you're the insignificant other [03:19.36]Yeah right from the start [03:22.47]They break your heart [03:24.65]In the end every kid wants his mother [03:29.34]Bein' a dad (bein' a dad) [03:36.66]