Water pistol man 

When girls dressed in black 

they all look so lonely
and contraceptives don't get used by the horny
you can't find the key to the door in your building
but are you still willing
the responsibility becomes an afterthought
when one remembers the things 

that they should've bought
there's no pretending that you forgot
must everything in life have political ramifications
even taking kids on vacation or having a simple operation
but my friend Billy told me 

that sometimes it takes a grown man 

a long time to learn just what it takes a child 

a night to learn
My son proved his words

Water pistol man 

full of ammunition
squirtin' at fires 

on a worldwide mission
but did you ever think to stop 

and squirt the flowers in your own backyard

For all my faux pas' 

I never said excuse me
was the simplest things 

that always confused me
I never stopped, I never looked both ways
must it always a tug of love 

between friends and work
hope to learn the meaning of the word jerk
before it happens to a 'rope round the neck
let's build a bigger telescope
so that we can see things more up close farther away 

from where we really are
I was up the whole night before
reading books about places I'll probably never go
and those aren't good things to know about
when I feel with my heart, 

I know in my mind
I should say with my lips
but don't 

Does that make you feel upset?
I should know that 

The power of one man seems like a small squirt
when he aims at the flames of the whole earth
but the fire starts at home...

Water pistol man 

full of ammunition
squirtin' at fires 

on a worldwide mission
but did you ever think to stop 

and squirt the flowers in your own backyard