Man in the Box

Since you won't listen to me anyway
I can write down what you want me to say
I can add a little feelin'
I can say it just right
It won't mean a thing      but
it will get us through the night
I can win an acting award tonight

There's a time and a place
and there's time you can't replace
to save words, to save face
when it is not about you

we whine and complain
a little to loud
and bitch and moan
in a public crowd
when it is time to shut up
It is not about you

It doesn't mean a thing
to the man in the box
if there was ever a time
respect the man in the box

Don't speak out of turn
you get what you earn
reap what you sow
don't speak of what you don't know

all old advice that should be heeded

is anyone teaching what was once believed in

we whine and complain just a little to loud
and bitch and moan in a public crowd
when it is time to shut up
it is not about you

It doesn't mean a thing to the man in the box
if there ever was a time, respect the man in the box
every body gets to have that day
respect the man in the box

Written and owned by Mark Burkenbine, copyright September 7, 2013