Model Citizen Lyrics

Model Citizen lyrics

(Warren Zevon/Waddy Wachtel/LeRoy P. Marineli)

 

 Don't bring the milk in

 Leave it on the porch

 Don't read the papers

 Don't mow the lawn no more

 Drive to the market

 At the break of dawn

 Watch 'em unload the produce

 Then ride right back home

 

 CHORUS

 It's the white man's burden

 And it weighs a ton

 I'm a family man

 Model citizen

 

 Tormen the mailman

 Terrorize the maid

 Try to teach 'em some manners

 Whip 'em into shape

 Down in the basement

 I've got a Craftsman lathe

 Show it to the children

 When they misbehave

 

 CHORUS

 

 I'm a law-abiding man

 I'm a good samaritan

 I pay my taxes when I can

 Model citizen

 

 In the cool of the evening

 When the sun goes down

 My wife's playing canasta

 With everyone in town

 

 When I feel the pressure

 And I need a break

 Load up the Winnebago

 Drive it in the lake

 

 CHORUS

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