The Obvious Child - Live at Hyde Park, London, UK - July 2012

I'm accustomed to a smooth ride
 Or maybe I'm a dog who's lost its bite
 I don't expect to be treated like a fool no more
 I don't expect to sleep through the night
 Some people say a lie's a lie's a lie
 But I say why
 Why deny the obvious child?
 Why deny the obvious child?
 And in remembering a road sign
 I am remembering a girl when I was young
 And we said, these songs are true
 These days are ours
 These tears are free
 And hey
 The cross is in the ballpark
 The cross is in the ballpark
 We had a lot of fun
 We had a lot of money
 We had a little son and we thought we'd call him Sonny
 Sonny gets married and moves away
 Sonny has a baby and bills to pay
 Sonny gets sunnier
 Day by day by day by day
 I've been waking up at sunrise
 I've been following the light across my room
 I watch the night receive the room of my day
 Some people say the sky is just the sky
 But I say
 Why deny the obvious child?
 Why deny the obvious child?
 Sonny sits by his window and thinks to himself
 How it's strange that some rooms are like cages
 Sonny's yearbook from high school
 Is down from the shelf
 And he idly thumbs through the pages
 Some have died
 Some have fled from themselves
 Or struggled from here to get there
 Sonny wanders beyond his interior walls
 Runs his hand through his thinning brown hair
 Well I'm accustomed to a smoother ride
 Maybe I'm a dog that's lost his bite
 I don't expect to be treated like a fool no more
 I don't expect to sleep all night
 Some people say a lie is just a lie
 But I say the cross is in the ballpark
 Why deny the obvious child?