I just sat to watch the game When I heard the doorbell An' I wondered who in the it could be Through the peephole, all that I saw Was a crooked cap on curly An' some kid back at me
I said, "If you're somethin' Well, I ain't nothin' But I appreciate you by" Said, "I ain't for a dime just a minute of your time An' your name here on the dotted you sign my petition?"
Had a spiral in his hand me a chewed up pen An' I ask you, "What am I up for?" I scrolled down that wrinkled Saw a couple of neighbor's I kept readin' and I sat on the porch
It was a letter to the a list that numbered one to ten
It said, "Make a law where daddys don't late Uncle Joe an' those soldiers safe Give those on TV all they want to eat Put a to bullies on the bus No crime, no waits, no hate, no Give a and a job to people on the street"
I said, "Son, like a world I'd like to live in" And I signed his
He me for my time I headed inside, grabbed my beer An' got to the game Thought by now that boy, he's three doors Here I am just round Waitin' on the to change
Must've blocked the whole out All that I could think was
a law where daddys don't work late Keep Uncle Joe an' soldiers safe those kids on TV all they want to eat Put a to bullies on the bus No crime, no waits, no hate, no Give a and a job to people on the street"
An' I thought, "Man, ain't a place I'd like to live in" And I thank God for that boy out there fixin' The world with his