SAD SELF-MADE MAN

Before you knew it

You quit reading comic strips

And started reading op-eds

Traded useless dumb fun

For chasing bigger income 

Before you knew it

You made a dish rag out of your Led Zeppelin tee

Started wearing suits and ties

Bought a bed, fell asleep

To Ol’ Blue Eyes  

Before you knew it

You wrote ten more commandments

And started preaching to the young

The same old baloney

That you once called phony 

Before you knew it

You lost your X-ray vision

Got on your high horse

Pinned on a status quo badge 

And joined the dark side of the force

Before you knew it

You traded the van for fixed income

Traded the buddies for the budget

Traded Pink Floyd for the wall

Traded sincerity for alcohol 

And that is how

And then

And that is how

And then

And that is how

And then

You became

A sad self-made man