Lyric Sparrow On The Schoolyard Wall

You want to be a bookworm? You wanna be aloof?
You wanna sit in judgement, looking down from the roof?
Try a wee sensation: but first you have to want to join in.
You should be, should be raging down the freeway
with some friends from the mall.
Don t stay forever in your limbo: fly before you fall
little sparrow on the schoolyard wall.

So dress a little dangerous and modify your walk.
There s nothing wrong with sparrows, but try
to be a sparrowhawk.
Hunting in the evening and floating in the heat in the day.
You might, might acquire some predatory instinct.
Do the wolf pack crawl.
Don t stay forever in your limbo: fly before you fall
little sparrow on the schoolyard wall.

Well, I don t want to be your daddy.
Don t want to be your engineer of sin.
And I don t want to play the piper here.
I m only banging on a mandolin
and anyway, you re just a little sparrow
on the schoolyard wall.

There s nothing wrong with learning. Nothing wrong
with your books.
So exercise some judgement. Too much broth can spoil the cook.
Feel a little sensation and know when it s time to join in.
You should be, should be raging down the freeway
with some friends from the mall.
Don t stay forever in your limbo: fly before you fall
little sparrow on the schoolyard wall.