Fleas

Father used to say "You sleep with dogs, the next day You'll wake in the night scratching those inevitable fleas" At ten years old You listen to what you're told I never had the itch I never would Mother had forbidden me To waste away my life "I want you to have all the things I could never buy you Don't stop what I've begun You're my one, my only son Follow what I say, not what I've done Follow what I say, not what I've done Shower, scrub, and shave Cleanly boys don't misbehave Follow what I say, not what I've done"