Life Returns to Normal

Life returns to normal
driving along with Mom and Dad
what's for dinner, Jimmy says
meatloaf and a vegetable

Long away and back I go
to the public pool with Uncle Joe
he says to my older brother Jim
teach your bother how to swim
I'm laughing as he throws me in
free as a fish, I'm a natural
then I'm having trouble breathin'
then I'm losing all control
but then

life returns to normal...

the baby of the family
dreams about maturity
when it's naptime in between
Mom and Dad and the television
where the local news is resurrected
same old war's gonna kill us all
but the baby's sleep is unaffected
he's at home and he's perfectly comfortable
because he knows


life returns to normal...

the baby of the family
will always be
the baby of the family

when I'm set to see the world
my mother hyperventilates
my daddy's hopin' for a girl
smokes a cigarette as he waits
when I arrive I'm a bloody mess
my daddy breaks down in the hall
my exhausted mother collapses
and when I open my eyes we're all
in the hospital
but pretty soon, for everybody

life returns to normal
driving along with Mom and Dad
what's for dinner, Jimmy says
meatloaf and a vegetable

the baby of the family
will aways be
the baby of the family
© Mark Donato