Best Behavior Lyrics

Straighten up, fly right

If you want to get ahead

I don't want to hear

You're just lying in your bed

You've a lot to do

To live up to all you said

Straighten up, fly right

You can relax when you're dead

Don't you dare complain

Be grateful for what you have

I don't want to hear

Anything about you're sad

You should thank me yet

For keeping on what you said

You should listen more

To the reason in your head

Best behavior won't come easy

For a kid with things to do

You're a ticking time bomb waiting

And they're counting down on you

I'm afraid it's time

Doctor Wrong will see you now

You say you're not off

But you've yet to show us how

You could dare compare

Yourself to the sacred cow

I've seen freaks before

But a case like yours can wow

You're a walking mess

No wonder you don't have friends

It's a hurtful means

But it justifies the ends

You should fit the mold

Everybody else does fine

You should listen more

To the critic in your mind

Best behavior won't come easy

For a kid without a brain

You're a ticking land mine waiting

And they're pouring down the rain

No offense to the rejected among you

I'm amazed frankly that you got this far

Take a seat, I'll teach you how to be better

If you're here to be normal then let's start

Erase all of those pesky little interests

Scrub away all the things that make you you

Bend yourself to whatever people want now

Be a doll and do what they tell you to

You'll be more than another little outcast

You'll be loved if you act like what you're not

You can trust in somebody who would hurt you

To be honest just not about a lot

You will understand

What I'm telling you in time

You just have to keep

All these principles in mind

You will have to walk

On a very narrow line

If you want to keep

To the rhythm and the rhyme

You can tell inside

When what you're doing is wrong

Never mind if it

Keeps on ringing for too long

You'll be better off

If you just close up your eyes

You should listen more

To what you've internalized

Best behavior won't come easy

For a kid with things to do

You're a ticking time bomb waiting

And they're counting down on you

Best behavior won't come easy

For a kid without a brain

You're a ticking land mine waiting

And they're pouring down the rain