Pangs of silence from the room upstairs How's the view there? Do you read what they're saying about you That you're no fun Since the war was won In fact you have become All of the things you've always run from
The ascent of stan Textbook hippy man Get rest while you can
So where'd the years go? All the time we had Being poor was Not such a drag in hindsight And you wondered Why your father was So resigned Now you don't wonder anymore
The ascent of stan Textbook hippy man Get rest while you can
Once you wanted revolution Now you're the institution How's it feel to be the man It's no fun to be the man