Steady as She Goes
Rise and shine
Part your hair on the left
Make sure to brush and floss
No cavities will be tolerated
Don’t want to get the dreaded
-GINGIVITIS-
Hide your tattoos
Tuck in your shirt
and stop slouching
Eat your greens
Do your homework
Pay your taxes
Go to church
Get married and settle down
Your upside down mortgage
not withstanding
The kiddos will need a college fund
Don’t forget the employer-matched
401k up to 6%
Embrace the two-party system
your choices being:
-either-
-or-
It’s the same choice regardless;
death by a thousand cuts, or
a thousand little compromises
Don’t rock the boat
Keep one foot in front of the other
Careful not to say anything
too progressive
too conservative
Wouldn’t want to make waves
make anyone feel uncomfortable
It would be a shame to tarnish
your spotless record of never
having anything to add
Right down the middle
Keep it between the lines
You can’t hold an opinion
so controversial
as to upset the order of things
People may think you’ve gone
and taken a side
You need to keep them guessing
as to what you stand for
if anything at all
Once as a young boy
There were two girls that liked me
both named Sarah
They called me on the telephone
asking which Sarah I liked the best
They told me I had to choose
Make one girl happy
make one cry
I was damned either way
So I chose
and have been choosing
the wrong Sarah
ever since
