The Parable Of Glenn Mcgraths Haircut lyrics

The guy who slagged the football team -
Those yobs were not for him
Turns into a real estate agent
Who believes in discipline;
That guy who`s the first to use cocaine,
The wild boy breaking free,
Ends up in a court of law
As a prosecuting QC;
Remember the school captain? -
Success was a matter of time;
I can hear her now as she screams,
`Greg! You missed the stop sign!`
Forget Snoop Doggy Dogg
Forget ol` Ice T
The true word out on the street
Is produced by the TAC
What good`s the use of striving?
As life`s road in front unravels
We get to do the driving
But don`t choose the direction we travel.
Do your homework, or wag for weeks
And graffiti the Dandenong line;
It don`t matter when you hear that scream:
`Greg! You missed the stop sign!`
Some time in the next hundred thousand years
A comet`s gonna wipe out all trace of Man -
I`m banking on it coming before
My end of year exam.
The rich kid becomes a junkie
The poor kid an advertiser
What a tragic waste of potential -
Being a junkie`s not so good either.
Your folks struggled hard for what you`ve got,
You are the fruit of their vine;
But who cares what you sow when what you reap
Is: `Greg! You missed the stop sign!`
Bought a car just the other day
Man could that baby run
But you know what they always say:
There`s always a better one.
Got a tumour in my brain
Its creeping to my lungs
And I`ve searched around in vain
Can`t find me a better one.
Hardwired into everyone`s head
Is the person they`re gonna be
Growing up ain`t a matter of choice
It`s a matter of wait