"Nowadays Clancy Can't Even Sing" lyrics

Hey, who's that stomping all over my face?
Where's that silhouette I'm trying to trace?
Who's putting sponge in the bells I once rung?
Taking my gypsy before she's begun

To singing the meaning of what's in my mind
Before I can take home what's rightfully mine
Joining and listening and talking in rhymes
Stopping the feeling to wait for the times

And who's saying baby that don't mean a thing?
'Cause nowadays Clancy can't even sing

And who's all hung-up on the happiness thing?
And trying to tune all the bells that he rings?
And who's in the corner and down on the floor
With pencil and paper just counting the score?

And who's trying to act like he's just in between?
The night isn't black if you know that it's green
Don't bother looking, you're too blind to see
Who's coming on like he wanted to be

Who's saying baby that don't mean a thing?
'Cause nowadays Clancy can't even sing

And who's coming home on old ninety-five?
Who's got the feeling that to keep him alive?
Though having it and sharing it ain't quite the same
It ain't no gold nugget, you can't lay a claim

And who's seeing eyes through a crack in the floor?
There it is baby, don't worry no more
Who should be sleeping but is writing this song
Wishing and a-hoping he weren't so damned wrong

And who's saying baby that don't mean a thing?
'Cause nowadays Clancy can't even sing
And who's saying baby that don't mean a thing?
'Cause nowadays Clancy can't even sing