if i’m gonna get blamed

if i’m gonna get blamed for being your lover
i might as well be
i could disappoint you and pretend that it’s true
that you’re the only thing that’s important to me

i could wake up in the morning and hold you by the shoulders
look in the fridge and pretend that i’m older
than the little kid blues dealing with a woman
who knows what she wants and doesn’t like what she sees

you’re lookin’ at me
you’re lookin’ at me
stop lookin’ at me

if i’m gonna get blamed for being your son
i might as well be
i could act more grateful and a little less hateful
take a well needed break from the orphan routine

i could come to the house, shoot the breeze for a while
act like i’m happy, maybe crack a smile
shake the little boy blues dealing with a woman
who expects a little more than the mess that she sees

you’re waitin’ on me
you’re waitin’ on me
quit waitin’ on me

if i’m gonna get blamed for being a nice guy
i might as well be
i could spend a touch a time acting kinda kind
give a little something to the people that i meet

i could quit holding back trying to be cool
settle in a score, listen to the rules
shake the always sorry blues dealing with a world
that looks me in the eye and laughs at what it sees

you’re laughin’ at me
you’re laughin’ at me
quit laughin’ at me

if i’m gonna get blamed for being your lover

Jon Houlon, Hillside Blue Music, 2002