I'm accustomed to a smooth ride

Or maybe I'm a dog who's lost it's bite


I don't expect to be treated like a fool no more


I don't expect to sleep through the night

Some people say a lie's a lie's a lie


But I say why why deny the obvious child?


Why deny the obvious child?




And in remembering a road sign


I am remembering a girl when I was young

And we said these songs are true


These days are ours, these tears are free


And hey, the cross is in the ballpark

The cross is in the ballpark





We had a lot of fun

We had a lot of money


We had a little son and we thought we'd call him Sonny


Sonny gets married and moves away

Sonny has a baby and bills to pay


Sonny gets sunnier day by day by day by day




Well, I've been waking up at sunrise


I've been following the light across my room


I watch the night receive the room of my day

Some people say the sky is just the sky


But I say, why deny the obvious child?


Why deny the obvious child?




Sonny sits by his window and thinks to himself


How it's strange that some rooms are like cages

Sonny's yearbook from high school is down from the shelf


And he idly thumbs through the pages




Some have died, some have fled from themselves


Or struggled from here to get there


Sonny wanders beyond his interior walls

Runs his hands through his thinning brown hair




Well I'm accustomed to a smoother ride


Maybe I'm a dog that's lost his bite

I don't expect to be treated like a fool no more

I don't expect to sleep the night


Some people say a lie is just a lie

But I say the cross is in the ballpark


Why deny the obvious child?