Paul Simon The Obvious Child lyrics

I'm accustomed to a smooth ride
Or maybe I'm a dog who's lost it's bite
I don't expect to be treated like a fool no more
I don't expect to sleep through the night
Some people say, "A lie's just a lie"

But I say
"Why deny the obvious child?
Why deny the obvious child?"

And in rememberin' a road sign
I am rememberin' a girl when I was young
And we said, "These songs are true
These days are ours
These tears are free"

And hey now
The cross is in the ballpark
The cross is in the ballpark

We had a lot of fun
We had a lot of money
We had a little son and we thought we'd call him Sonny
Sonny gets married and moves away
Sonny has a baby and bills to pay
Sonny gets sunnier
Day by, day by, day by day

I've been wakin' up at sunrise
I've been followin' the light across my room

Well, I watch the night receive the room of my day
Some people say, "The sky is just the sky"

But I say
"Why deny the obvious child?"
"Why deny the obvious child?"

Sonny sits by his window and he thinks to himself
How it's strange that some rooms are like cages
Sonny's yearbook from high school
Is down from the shelf
And he idly thumbs through the pages

Some have died
Some have fled from themselves
Or struggled from here to get there
Sonny wanders beyond his interior walls
He runs his hands through his thinning brown hair

Well I'm accustomed to a smoother ride
Or maybe I'm a dog that's lost his bite
I don't expect to be treated like a fool no more
I don't expect to sleep through the night
Some people say, "A lie is just a lie"

But I say, "The cross is in the ballpark
Why deny the obvious child?"