Woah, Jocko, don't expect me to come out drinking, messing around.

Spending my time with a bunch of crazy people.

Yes, I been there before, I don't need to go back no more.

I'm just a family man, like it or not, I am a family man. I'm a-holding onto what I've got.

I'm a family man,, right by damn. Finally, find out what I am is a family man.



And don't expect me to hit the road at a moment's notice without my suitcase

with some crazy bunch of strangers in some unknown car,

Well, I'm just not willing to go that far.



The life I used to lead was a little too frantic. I guess I just got eyes to grow old and grey.

And if what I have in mind isn't super romantic, I guess I always saw myself this way,

I'm just a family man, like it or not, said I'm a family man, holding onto what I've got,

I'm a family man, right by damn, I finally, find out what I am is a family man.



Sears and Roebuck. Howard Johnson. Colonel Sanders. Station wagon.

Briggs and Stratton. Second mortgage.

If I can ever lose my blues. Walk on over and turn on the TV.

What I'd like to do is lie down on the sofa later on.

I might walk my dog, baby. Bo Diddley's a family man.