Somebody Has Got to Take the Blame

I infantilize my daughter I'm controlling, I'm a pill I micro-micromanage I'm all up in her grill It's called parenting I demand that she be perfect All that pressure, all that fuss I'm a parenting disaster Don't you think so? Let's discuss Forgive my darling mother and forget each thing she said Put the blame where it belongs now Squarely on my head I'm reckless and I'm feckless I go and get tattoos I think it's called a tramp stamp I can show you if you choose No no no no no, at least she doesn't smoke like me, I smoke! My faults are much too numerous to name It's awful to admit, but that's the game Somebody has got to take Somebody has got to take Somebody has got to take the blame Aha, it's a single-parent family So you both are filled with rage Her development arrested at the pre-preverbal stage Or it could be ADHD, ADD or STDs I suggest that you try ritalin and yoga and soy cheese Soy cheese? This is asinine She's functionally unpunctual, she's robbed us and she's rude Excuse me, es mi hija, so perder, la attitude! She's intelligent Ya hear that? But unfocused, barely there I think she smokes the ganja She does not! I don't? I swear! She's wasting her potential just the same It's not her fault if she's too bright to tame But somebody has got to take Somebody has got to take Somebody has got to take the Enough with all the blaming and the shaming, no, you hush! The armchair, analyzing and the psycho babble mush I'm a teacher, I should reach her So the failure here is mine She's bright and she's articulate Her heart and mind are fine In all this finger-pointing, this crusade No one thought to check her file To see she struggled for a while Since the seventh grade The year dad passed away Just say died, he died Oh honey, I've been thoughtless and for years I never thought your anger stood for tears It's clear to me I have to take the Listen, do we have to do this now? I'd rather not discuss it, anyhow Is high school counselor BS all the same? 'Cause nobody has got to take the blame Let's wrap this up Dr. Aaron, I appreciate all the feedback From now on, I'm going to be really good But somebody has got to take the blame! Oh, can it, Kevin!