EXCUSE MY HOUSE IT'S A MESS
I WAS TOLD TO BE HUMBLE WHEN I WAS A KID
IF I KNEW I WAS BRILLIANT TO KEEP IT WELL HID
AW SHUCKS -- BUT I DO -- AND I ALWAYS DID
BUT IF I SAID SO YOU'D THINK I'D FLIPPED MY LID
NEVER GET CAUGHT KNOWIN' WHO YOU ARENEVER ADMIT YOU WANT TO BE A STAROH, I CAN'T SING...WHAT, THIS OLD THING?EXCUSE MY HOUSE IT'S A MESS, OH YESEXCUSE MY HOUSE IT'S A MESSI WAS TOLD NEVER MIND WHAT'S TRUE
JUST NEVER SAY "I" AND ALWAYS SAY "YOU"
DON'T TAKE PRIDE IN THE THINGS THAT YOU DO
BECAUSE PRIDE BEFORE THE FALL WILL HAPPEN TO YOU
CHORUSNOW, ACCEPT A COMPLIMENT WITH "YES, I KNOW
AND THANK YOU FOR SAYING SO"
THE WORST KIND OF DENIAL BY FAR
IS DENYING THAT YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE
CHORUSNOW, WRITIN' SONGS IS LIKE CATCHIN' FISH
OR BLOWIN' OUT THE CANDLES AND GETTIN' YER WISH
AND MY WISH FOR YOU ON A FALLIN' STAR IS
THAT "MY DARLINGS, YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE"
CHORUSI GOT IT ON SALE...
OH, YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE...
YER JUST SAYIN' THAT...
IT WAS NOTHING, REALLY...
© Leslie Frederick 1999
