Young Reader Songtext
von The Bug Club

Sooner of later you′re gonna get caught
Sooner or later you're gonna fall down
Life at the bottom ain′t much fun at all
And we sure know a thing or two

About that, my friend
We're the bad pretenders and the sadness lingers but you
You don't have to live a life like this it′s just a matter of principle

When we were 29 years old
We still believed in Santa Claus
We′d count the presents under the tree
But it didn't make us as happy as

Clothes and books, spoken word, oh we never learned the
Meaning of life isn′t naughty or nice it's just a construct man

You don′t have to live a life like this
You don't have to live a life like this
You don′t have to live a life like this
You could just sit waiting for
Satan himself to decline your invitation


Sooner of later they'll cut you off
Sooner or later, ba-ba-ba-ba, ba
We'll see you later alligator
That′s a funny thing to say in

Interviews, oh I love the news
It′s so hard to choose but we
We like the one about the world on fire but I hope it's fiction

I read the dictionary twice
There′s not a word of sound advice for a
Young reader that likes
Books with pretty pictures in like

Birds and trees, falling leaves, anarchy to the
The nth degree oh I'm sure you′d agree
It's just the kids these days

You don′t have to live a life like this
You don't have to live a life like this
You don't have to live a life like this
You could just sit waiting for
Satan himself to cast judgment on your reason

You don′t have to live a life like this
You don′t have to live a life like this
You don't have to live a life like this
You could just die