the man himself

The days, the weeks
And the years rolled on by on the unending pavement
And beauty in the architecture of a two-bed
That I can scarcely see
You see
There was angels in the ornaments and underneath you
And they're hummin' away, hummin' away
'Til I get what I need

Hey, now
I don't know what to feel
I don't know how to feel right
But I want to become my own man, I guess
Hey, now
I don't know if I'll ever feel right
Let everything change
To things that can make a man grow tall

There's a painting of you
It hangs in our kitchen now
'Cause when my kid's getting high in a hot-wired symphony
And I'm looking for sage advice
You'll be hummin' away, hummin' away
Like everything's fine

Hey, now
I don't know what to feel
I don't know how to feel right
But I want to become my own man, I guess
Hey, now
I don't know if I'll ever feel right
Let everything change
To things that can make a man grow tall

So take
A single step at a simple pace
And the outward momentum will maybe un-fuck you in time
So comb your hair and clean your teeth
Dial back home at least once or twice a week
And be sure that you'll see them a lot more than I did with mine
But if they're out of the way, out of the way, then everything's
Fine

I don't know what to feel
I don't know how to feel right
But I want to become my own man, I guess
Hey, now
I don't know if I'll ever feel right
Let everything change
To things that can make a man grow tall

I'm out of the way, out of the way and everything
Out of the way, out of the way and everything
Out of the way
Hummin' away, hummin' away
Hummin' away, hummin' away
Out of the way and everything
Out of the way, out of the way and everything
Out of the way, out of the way and everything
Out of the way, out of the way and everything's
Fine