pangs of silence from the room upstairs

how's the view there?

do you read what they're saying about you

that you're no fun

since the war was won

in fact you have become

all of the things you've always run from



the ascent of stan

textbook hippy man

get rest while you can



so where'd the years go?

all the time we had

being poor was

not such a drag in hindsight

and you wondered

why your father was

so resigned

now you don't wonder anymore



the ascent of stan

textbook hippy man

get rest while you can



once you wanted revolution

now you're the institution

how's it feel to be the man

it's no fun to be the man