Babybird
Bad Old Man

he had a bad old man who beat him
put a hammer to his knees just to please him.
now hes 35 and half alive.
he's an open mouth in a beehive.
he's gonna smile and be happy,
let everyone know that hes happy.
put his smiling face on a billboard,
kiss from your car, he's happy,
he's not happy.

with his swollen lips round his early teens,
in his dress he can't believe its in his genes.
some days he's half man and then he's half god,
but on his blue days he wouldn't touch his greens.
he's gonna make you smile and be happy,
make everyone know that hes happy.

put his smiling face on the tv.
kiss him from your chair make him happy.
he drowned his stepson in the duck pond,
let the wife-beater out to make a pop song,
put razor blades in the ice-cream,
shot a paedophile in a wet dream.

he's got a young man who feeds him,
whispers sweet nothings just to please him,
he makes him cool for the tv,
makes half the man he is a celebrity.
with his swollen lips around his early teens
in his dress he cant believe its in his genes
he's half a man and half a god,
one half bitch one half dog.

he drowned his stepson in the duck pond,
let the wife-beater out to make a pop song,
put razor blades in the ice-cream,
made nobody famous on the big screen.
put the whole wide world on remote control,
he put a five times rapist on his tv show,
on every single channel in every single home,
you can even hear his voice on the telephone.