Keep it tight against your chest This is my time I'd like to see the table turned Trade your placemat with mine See if you can still make a ball Or maybe eat the apple whole And the furthest I could reach Was as close as I had come I'm in over my knees And still the only one Who has to get a grip on himself I could use some outside help It's already stale It's just getting older and my side Was sinking so quick That the best I could do was jump ship Waiting with bad bated breath For the wind to change It's just a well worn-out suggestion To occupy the day I wished that I knew when I threw it away That I could deal with feeling this strange But it sounds so similar To something that I've done before So I give myself a slap on the wrist And you jam my hand in the door It raises a smile from you But it's only worth a by-line mention A simple footnote from an impractical joke Couldn't seem to hold your attention