The FuMP

Lyrics

Yeah, I dunno, man
You get to a certain point in life...
You gotta face the facts
There's just some things you're never gonna do.
Never gonna do.

Well I'm never gonna bobsled.
I'm never gonna run a railroad.
I'm never gonna write a book on getting over a hysterectomy.
I'm never gonna taze a perp.
I'm never gonna scrapbook.
I'm never gonna name a praying mantis.
I'm never gonna score a goal in overtime.
I'm never gonna serve a term as prime minister.
I'm never gonna design a patio chair.

Well I'm never gonna get the bends.
I'm never gonna mine an asteroid.
I'm never gonna swallow a condom full of heroin.
I'm never gonna see my face on a licensed Pez dispenser.
I'm never gonna deliver a foal.
Never gonna sail to Egypt.
I'm never gonna have a cubist period.
I'm never gonna throw a vegan potluck.
And I'm definitely never gonna be canonized.

I'm never gonna lead an insurrection. Or an orchestra. Or a political action committee advocating the preservation of sea lions.
I'm never gonna get traded to Atlanta for a backup punter and a third round draft pick.
I'm never gonna serve someone a warrant. Or shark fin soup. Or the notice that our differences can only be settled by a dance-off. And it's on.

Never gonna learn Welsh.
Never gonna make colonel.
And I'll never invent a pasta shape called Balderoni.
I'm never gonna break into a house to eat their ice cream.
I'm never gonna re-use a joke.
Especially not one that's completely played out and obvious.
I'm never gonna give you up,
Never gonna let you down,
Never gonna run around or desert you.
And I'll never end a song abruptly.

(Well, y'know...never say never.)

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