Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Goon Squad , by - Elvis Costello. Release date: 04.01.1979
Song language: English
Goon Squad |
| Mother, Father, I’m here in the zoo |
| I can’t come home 'cause I’ve grown up too soon |
| I got my sentence |
| I got my command |
| They said they’d make me major if I met all their demands |
| I could be a corporal into corporal punishment |
| Or the general manager of a large establishment |
| They pat some good boys on the back and put some to the rod |
| But I never thought they’d put me in the… |
| Goon squad |
| They’ve come to look you over and they’re giving you the eye |
| Goon squad |
| They want you to come out to play |
| You’d better say goodbye |
| Some grow up just like their dads |
| And some grow up too tall |
| Some go drinking with the lads |
| Some don’t grow up at all |
| You must find the proper place for everything you see |
| But you’ll never get to make a lampshade out of me |
| I could join a chain of males or be the missing link |
| Looking for a lucky girl to put me in the pink |
| They pat some good boys on the back and put some to the rod |
| But I never thought they’d put me in the… |
| Goon squad |
| They’ve come to look you over and they’re giving you the eye |
| Goon squad |
| They want you to come out to play |
| You’d better say goodbye |
| Mother, Father, I’m doing so well |
| I’m making such progress now that you can hardly tell |
| I fit in a little dedication with one eye on the clock |
| They caught you under medication |
| You could be in for a shock |
| Thinking up the alibis that everyone’s forgotten |
| Just another mummy’s boy gone to rotten |
| They pat some good boys on the back and put some to the rod |
| But I never thought they’d put me in the… |
| Goon squad |
| They’ve come to look you over and they’re giving you the eye |
| Goon squad |
| They want you to come out to play |
| You’d better say goodbye |