Choices You Make Today

Screaming red faces call out for you
But the video game drowns out the noise
Either pick them up or pack it up
I don’t have the time for you
My life changed beyond your comprehension
the day the little strip turned pink
Where were you when I needed something
Out back with the boys getting high

You don’t want to see them now
You will never see them again
I’m leaving on a jet plane
Don’t know when I’ll be back again
Too bad I really want to go

You think I need you for this?
You think I need your problems
And your girl and your drama?
Let’s get this thing straight
I don’t need you for anything
I can create my own problems
If I would ever want some
I got girls who actually help
I got two drama queens of my own
Your issues are played out

You don’t want to see them now
You will never see them again
I’m leaving on a jet plane
Don’t know when I’ll be back again
Too bad I really want to go

I gave you an out, a simple escape
But you refused to take it
You were going to be a father
And raise these beings you created
Somewhere between the baby shower,
The delivery room and midnight screams
You’ve backed out of this life
Back into your bar-hopping with the boys
My bar days haven’t even begun
And they are already over
So don’t tell me you need a second
I haven’t had five minutes in over a month
Not enough time to take a proper shower

You don’t want to see them now
You will never see them again
I’m leaving on a jet plane
Don’t know when I’ll be back again
Too bad I really want to go

And don’t even think for a moment
That you will ever get some again
Listen to the consequences of that
Two living screaming beings
Demanding my undivided attention
Since you will give them none
I will not do to them
What my parents did to me
I’m screwed up enough
From their ridiculous fights
And visits to the attorney
So say good bye and send the check
You’ll miss them one day
But by then they’ll be grown
And you will have lost these years
They will hate you for doing this

You don’t want to see them now
You will never see them again
I’m leaving on a jet plane
Don’t know when I’ll be back again
Too bad I really want to go