Do This, Do That

Do This, Do That They always told me what to do ‘Eat your dinner. Fasten your shoe Do this. Do that. Go here. Stay there Get rid of that dirty old teddy bear’ ‘Of course there is no Santa Claus Ask those smart arse friends of yours’ Don’t do this and Don’t do that Walk the dog. Don’t tease the cat’ ‘Go to your room. Stay off the phone Toe the line until you are grown You must do this. You can’t do that We make the rules in this council flat ‘That’s not how you should behave You’ll drive us to an early grave Do your homework. Don’t sniff glue Don’t wear that shirt of Wednesday blue’ ‘Don’t stay out late, Be early to school Just do as you’re told, you’re a little fool You’re never right. You’re always wrong A remand home is where you belong’ Mum and Dad knew best you see It did not count what suited me ‘Do this. Do that. Go here. Stay there Don’t be a hippie and cut your hair’ ‘Who’s that girl you were with last night? Find another whose skin is white No you can’t and Yes you can Take your medicine now young man’ They must have thought I was on parole And tried to implant thought-control They told me ’ It’s because we care’ But when I needed help, they were not there