Big Daddy

You used to raise your voice, so it could be heard
You used to shout out your orders, and you always found words
"Do as I say, and not as I do"
They're takin' your picture off the wall
How does it feel to be the big daddy of them all?

You used to chase your women right into your home
You used to tell them you loved them over the telephone
And they all see through you, and your sinking like a stone
No one knockin' at your door, no one calls
How does it feel to be the big daddy of them all?

Just sad and disgusted is what you've grown up to be
Bet you had no idea this is what your dream would turn out to be
But When you live for yourself, it's hard on everyone
But you did it your way man, you did it all
How does it feel to be the big daddy of them all?

But you did it your way man, you did it all
How does it feel to be the big daddy of them all?

Never wanted to be no pop singer,
Never wanted to write no pop songs.
Never had no weird hair to get my songs over.
Never wanted to hang out after the show.
Pop singer (writing) of pop songs.

Never wanted to have my picture taken.
Now, who would want to look into these eyes?
Just want to make it real - good, bad or indifferent.
That's the way that i live and that's the way that i'll die (as a)
Pop singer (of) pop songs.

Pop singer, writing of pop song.

Never wanted to be no pop singer,
Never want to write no pop songs.
Never wanted to have a manager over for dinner.
Never wanted to hang out after the show.

Pop singer, writing pop songs.
Never wanted to be no pop singer, of pop songs.
A pop singer.
Never wanted to write no pop songs.

is this your life, jackie brown?
Poorly educated and forced to live on the poor side of town.
Is this your daughter, jackie brown?
This pretty little girl
In the worn out clothes
That have been hand-me down.
Is this your wife, jackie brown?
With sad blue eyes, walking on eggshells so you don't see her frown.
Is this your family, jackie brown?

Dream of vacationing on a mountain stream
And giving the world more than it gave you.
What ugly truths freedom brings
And it hasn't been very kind to you.
Is this your life, jackie brown?

Is this your meal, jackie brown?
Barely enough, i've seen people throw away more than this out.
Is this your home, jackie brown?
This three room shack
With no running water
And the bathroom out back.
Is this your grave, jackie brown?
This little piece of limestone that says another desperate man took
Himself out.
Is this your dream, jackie brown?

Going nowhere and nowhere fast
We shame ourselves to watch people like this live.
But who gives a damn about jackie brown?
Just another lazy man who couldn't take what was his.
One helluva life jackie brown.
Forevermore, jackie brown
Amen and amen - jackie brown?