Goon Squad Lyrics - Elvis Costello

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 just like their dads, and some grow up too tall 

Some go drinking with the lads, some don't grow at all 

And you must find the proper place for everything you see 

But you'll never get to make a lampshade out of me 

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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 

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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