Pickin' Daisies

("what's the matter honey, are you not feeling well?

it's okay, mama will take care of you")

not really sick, but don't you know

i still say i am

dad just mumbles, 'there goes my girlie son

actin' up again'

("how could you be my kid?")

mom knows i'm fakin' it, but she understands

what'll happen if i go

the last four days

the tough guys have been on a roll

(they show him no mercy)

plenty of name calling and pushing my head

in the toilet bowl

(they call him a loser)

but they won't get their hands on me today

cause home with mama

is where i'm gonna stay

we're pickin' daisies

("who cares about them anyway?")

pickin' daisies

("they'll all be working for you someday")

pickin' daisies

("they're just jealous of you")

pickin' daisies

("next year you'll go to private school")

can't play sports or games,

i'm only really good at reading

(he can't catch a football)

apparently that's not too cool,

that's why my nose is usually bleeding

(plus they give him fat lips)

at this time yesterday, my underwear

was over my head

but i'll be safe today,

i know cause mama said

we're pickin' daisies

("who really cares what they think?")

pickin' daisies

("you should talk about it with your shrink")

pickin' daisies

("they'll all end up in jail")

pickin' daisies

("marshall's is having a sale")

i know tomorrow it'll all start up again

(he'll be greeted with a headlock)

and all that i can do is sit and pray

for the weekend

but i know when i'm older,

i'll look back and laugh

at all those kids who pulled my pants down

and took that photograph

cause we'll be through with kickball

we'll all be weak and old

but i will be the only one

with a magic place to go

pickin' daisies

("you're better off in the end")

pickin' daisies

("who cares? i'll be your friend")

pickin' daisies

("you can always count on me")

pickin' daisies

("i made you some iced tea")

pickin' daisies....

("you are, too, very handsome, just not in a traditionalway"....

"when i was a kid we didn't have videogames, just pinball. but icould learn"..

"well they're just upset that they don't have earmuffs"....

"you can come to aerobics class with me and watch, all the ladieslove you!"...

"who needs name brand shirts? yours is the same thing without afancy tag"...

"why don't you go to sleep? and when you wake up, then i'll playyou the eddie

fisher record"...)