"Just Jokes"

Everything is a joke to you isn't it?
I wonder if you'll ever realize it's not funny?
You're the only one laughing
Why do you try so hard to irritate us?
If all you want is to "get a rise" out of us,
that's all you're going to get
So don't get angry when we tell you it's not funny

How 'bout I tell you a joke for once
It may seem short but it's powerful
Do you want to hear it? Will you listen?
A dictator once tried to be a father
Forgetting to leave his work at the office,
he caused a civil war within his own home
He lost his family
but was happy with the "wealth" of power he'd gained
Too bad, he lost that too

I guess that wasn't a very funny joke
I just thought it'd be one you'd understand
What you don't realize is
there's only room for one Peter Pan in my life
Grow up, you're not him.

December 17, 2006