Goon Squad (Live At Hollywood High, 1978)

Goon Squad (Live At Hollywood High, 1978) - Elvis Costello & The Attractions

Written by：Elvis Costello/The Attractions

Mother

Father

I'm here in the zoo

I just 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 corp'ral into corp'ral punishment

Or the gen'ral 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 eye eye eye

Goon squad

They want you to come out to play

You'd better say

Good bye bye bye bye

Some grow what just like their dads

And some grow up too tall

Some go drinking with the lads

Some don't grow at all

And you joy a plays us

They will like with to me

But you'll never get to make a

Lampshade out to 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 good boys on the back

And put some to the rod

But I never thought they'd put me in the

Good squad

They've come to look you over and they're giving you the

Eye eye eye eye

Goon squad

They want you to come out to play

You'd better say

Good bye bye bye bye

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 eye eye eye

Goon squad

They want you to come out to play

You'd better say

Good bye bye bye bye