"Never Amount To Nothing" lyrics - THE TUBES

My mommy and daddy both told me
"Sonny boy, you're a disgrace
You'll never amount to nothing
A blight on the whole human race."

You'll never amount to
My daddy said
You'll never amount to

You'll never amount to
A can of sardines
You'll never amount to
A hill of beans
You'll never amount to
My daddy said nothing
You'll never amount to
Shit

I couldn't argue with daddy
He'd never been wrong before
Right from the start I was a mean little fart
Who'd a known I'd be a star

You'll never amount to
The time of day
You'll never amount to
A rock in the way
You'll never amount to
A bump on a log
You'll never amount to
A punk in the road
You'll never amount to
My daddy said nothing
You'll never amount to

Daddy say you're sorry
For throwing me out so young
If you'd a let me hang out dad
You'd be living off your son

That's right dad it could'a been so sweet now if you'd a treated me right
All the tools you know, those Black 'N Decker tools you wanted
And a Toro lawn mower, the sit down one dad
And a new Maserati
Or some real estate maybe
I had this lovely triangular island all set up for me dad you see
Down on the Bermuda coast somewhere
And there's palm trees and coconuts and maidens and everything
But now we ain't gonna get it
Because I'm uptight for being thrown out so long
And dad I don't care if you punctuate mom's incision 'til hell freezes over