I’m looking in the mirror and I can’t see
The person I thought I was going to be
I look way too clean ‘cause I just shaved
Morning comes and I’m sure to bathe
I’m not addicted to anything that comes out of a bottle
Don’t drive without my seat belt
Not divorced from a runway model
I could-a been a has-been
Would-a been a should-a been
A one-time occasional fad
An ex-famous eccentric
Formerly prophetic
Past tense, no sense
Circumstance, irrelevance
On a comeback plan
Would be wearing tight pants and Doc Marten shoes
Driving a hundred miles an hour like drag racers do
My gut hanging out under a too small shirt
Gawking at the teens like an old pervert
I'd write power chord songs about sex, drugs, and rock & roll
Wearing fingerless, leather gloves
Singing juvenile songs from deep in my soul
I could-a been a has-been
Would-a been a should-a been
A one-time occasional fad
An ex-famous eccentric
Formerly prophetic
Past tense, no sense
Circumstance, irrelevance
On a comeback plan
I grew up to be normal with a job and a wife
Two children and a home and a quiet life
No would-a, should-a, could-a, I would have been a flop
Bills piling up and other shoes to drop
The kids kiss me goodnight before they fall to sleep
I think of things I didn't do
They would have been bad memories
I could-a been a has-been
Would-a been a should-a been
A one-time occasional fad
An ex-famous eccentric
Formerly prophetic
Past tense, no sense
Circumstance, irrelevance
On a comeback plan.
Comments
Going to be doing the solo thing pretty soon now ... walking down the hall the other day I thought to myself that at this age I should be a has-been. Sounds to me like an idea Paul Westerberg might have had, so this one rocks like Westerberg in the Grandpaboy mode, I'm hearing the first EP, not "Mono".
