Woah Jocko, don't expect me

To come out drinking, messin' 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

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