Dylan MacFarlane

Don't mean a thing

By Dylan MacFarlane
Long Trail School, Grade 8

O, father, O, father
Have you found what you were looking for
spent a long time looking
but you've been knocking on a locked door

try to find the reason
try to find the key
what is the reason for being
why am I me
but there is no answer
nothing from which to cling
because we don't mean a thing
don't mean a thing

O, father, O, father
you've spent a long time studying those pages
but when our lifestyle hits the stages
should we stand by, imitators
immune to the changes
should we stand by, imitators
or should we stand up
face up
stop toasting from an empty cup
find something else from which to cling
because we don't mean a thing
don't mean a thing

O, father, O, father
there has been too much pain
too much hatred
and nothing from it to gain
but we could stop all of this
if we stole the crown from the king
and realized
that he don't mean a thing
don't mean a thing