LYRICS

TOM’S DAD: Tom, do you really have to use your imagination so … outwardly?
TOM’S MOM: Maybe you should stop imagining at school, Tom.
TOM: Stop imagining? But…
TOM’S DAD: Maybe you should stop imagining, period. And maybe get a part-time job, too.
TOM’S MOM: Well, I don't know about that. Well, just go do some homework.
TOM: Okay.
Tom goes off.
TOM’S MOM: Well that was harsh.
TOM’S DAD: He’s got to live in the real world!
TOM’S MOM: Oh, he’ll get there eventually. We’re not born thinking of careers and retirement accounts.
TOM’S DAD: Well that’s not what I mean.
TOM’S MOM: And you had a pretty creative side yourself back in the day.
TOM’S DAD: Well...
TOM’S MOM:

BACK WHEN YOU WERE YOUNG,
YOU AND YOUR GUITAR,
SINGING WITH YOUR BUDDIES.
BACK WHEN YOU WERE YOUNG,
CONCERTS AT THE BAR,
BLOWING OFF YOUR STUDIES.
UH-HUH.

THOUGH THE BAND WAS JUST A PHASE
YOU SURVIVED YOUR EARLY DAYS
IN A THOUSAND DIFFERENT WAYS
RIGHT?
BACK WHEN YOU WERE YOUNG.

TOM’S DAD: But things were different back then...
TOM'S DAD (cont'd):

BACK WHEN WE WERE YOUNG,
LIFE WAS NEVER HURRIED,
MONEY DIDN'T MATTER.
BACK WHEN WE WERE YOUNG,
NO ONE EVER WORRIED
LIFE WAS ON A PLATTER
UH-HUH.

TWENTY TEN'S A DIFFERENT TIME,
SCRAPING BY TO MAKE A DIME.
IT’S NOT SO MUCH AN EASY CLIMB
LIKE

TOM’S MOM & TOM’S DAD:

BACK WHEN WE WERE YOUNG CAVALIERS
RIDING THE RANGE, CHASING FEARS.
BUT AS THE YEARS MOUNTED WE MELLOWED.
WHERE WOULD WE BE
IF WE HAD STAYED KIND OF FREE?

TOM’S DAD:

NOW LOOK AT ME, JADED AND YELLOWED.

TOM’S MOM & TOM’S DAD:

BACK WHEN WE WERE YOUNG,
NO ONE INTERFERED
WE COULD RUN THE GAMUT
BACK WHEN WE WERE YOUNG
WE COULD ACT ALL WEIRD
NO ONE CAME TO SLAM IT
NUH-UH.

TOM IS SIMPLY HAVING FUN
LET HIM GROW WHAT HE'S BEGUN,
HECK, HE'S JUST HIS FATHER'S SON,
HUN.
THINK
BACK WHEN WE WERE YOUNG.

Back to GET REAL