PAUL SIMON - The Obvious Child lyrics
rate meI'm accustomed to a smooth ride<br>Or maybe I'm a dog who's lost it's bite<br>I don't expect to be treated like a fool no more<br>I don't expect to sleep through the night<br>Some people say a lie's a lie's a lie<br>But I say why<br>Why deny the obvious child? <br>Why deny the obvious child? <br><br>And in remembering a road sign<br>I am remembering a girl when I was young<br>And we said these songs are true<br>These days are ours<br>These tears are free<br>And hey<br>The cross is in the ballpark<br>The cross is in the ballpark<br><br>We had a lot of fun<br>We had a lot of money<br>We had a little son and we thought we'd call him sonny<br>Sonny gets married and moves away<br>Sonny has a baby and bills to pay<br>Sonny gets sunnier<br>Day by day by day by day<br><br>I've been waking up at sunrise<br>I've been following the light across my room<br>I watch the night receive the room of my day<br>Some people say the sky is just the sky<br>But I say<br>Why deny the obvious child? <br>Why deny the obvious child? <br><br>Sonny sits by his window and thinks to himself<br>How it's strange that some rooms are like cages<br>Sonny's yearbook from high school<br>Is down from the shelf<br>And he idly thumbs through the pages<br>Some have died<br>Some have fled from themselves<br>Or struggled from here to get there<br>Sonny wanders beyond his interior walls<br>Runs his hand through his thinning brown hair<br><br>Well I'm accustomed to a smoother ride<br>Maybe I'm a dog that's lost his bite<br>I don't expect to be treated like a fool no more<br>I don't expect to sleep the night<br>Some people say a lie is just a lie<br>But I say the cross is in the ballpark<br>Why deny the obvious child?
