Be Like That

Hold the bat straight out
 Not like a pointer or a weapon
 It's more like a guardrail
 Few steps back sets up his new profile
 And the wall stretches out on both sides like a movie screen
 So he closes his stretching eyes and sets out the scenery
 Could it be like that?
 Could it be like that?
 He's got a bigger gut than most of his friends
 And it's true that I barely even know the man
 But he stirs up those great expectations
 Like the ones that let run off at the mouth
 So he's the one with all the invitations
 But he'll never get up off the couch
 Why you wanna be like that?
 Why you wanna be like that?
 Why you wanna be like that?
 Why you wanna be like that?
 Why you wanna be like that?
 Why you wanna be like that all the time?
 And there's a place he reserves
 For the plans that didn't hold
 And it's bigger than and old-time skating rink
 Twice as cold
 And he pastes up the quotes from old yearbooks
 Fixing the faces to the names
 Pleading his own bitter fortunes
 By the light of his friends' brightest flames
 Why you wanna be like that?
 Why you wanna be like that?
 Why you wanna be like that?
 Why you wanna be like that?
 Why you wanna be like that?
 Why you wanna be like that all the time?
 He's got a bigger gut than most of his friends
 He's got a bigger gut than most of his friends
 He's got a bigger gut than most of his friends
 He's got twice the guts of most of his