Nowadays Clancy Can't Even Sing

Who's that stompin' all over my face?

Where's that silhouette I'm tryin' to trace

Who's puttin' sponge in the bells I once rung?

And takin' my gypsy before she's begun

To singin' in the meanin' of what's in my mind

Before I can take home what's rightfully mine

Joinin' and listenin' and talkin' in rhymes

Stoppin' the feeling to wait or the times

Who's saying, baby, that don't mean a thing?

'Cause nowadays Clancy can't even sing

And who's all hung up on that happiness thing?

Who's tryin' to tune all the bells that he rings

And who's in the corner and down on the floor?

With pencil and paper just countin' the score

Who's tryin' to act like he's just in between?

The line isn't black if you know that it's green

Don't bother looking, you're too blind to see

Who's coming on like he wanted to be?

Who's saying, baby, that don't mean a thing?

'Cause nowadays Clancy can't even sing

And who's comin' home on the old nine-to-five?

Who's got the feeling that he came alive?

Though havin' it, sharin' it ain't quite the same

It ain't no gold nugget, you can't lay a claim

Who's seeing eyes through the crack in the floor?

Well, there it is, baby, don't you worry no more

Who should be sleepin', but is writing this song?

Wishin' and hopin' he weren't so damn wrong

Who's saying, baby, that don't mean a thing?

'Cause nowadays Clancy can't even sing

Who's saying, baby, that don't mean a thing?

'Cause nowadays Clancy can't even sing