BRING ME MY DUNCES CAP

i was slaving at the cave-in with slim hope & fat chance
should've known if i was going to go to the disco
i was bound to be led a dance

so bring me my dunces cap - i'll go dressed in that
being me my dunces cap
and paint a big bulls-eye target on my back

i went to get down to business but they'd hidden it in a loungeful of liars
tried to keep it tight-lipped with the secrets
because i sure they all was wearing wires

wearing my dunces cap - i went dressed in that
to disguise what i was thinking
and keep them all off my back

how they worked us at the circus - jump through hoops you never knew
serve your purpose and get deserted
and then they leave you to the cruel-handed wrecking crew

bring me my dunces cap - i'll go dressed in that
bring me my dunces cap
and keep that monkey flapping on my back

what don't kill you will make you stronger - or so the monkey said
nevermind whether it did not kill me
i'm sure it will get -and got- me more jaded

wearing my dunces cap - i'm just dressed in that
my sweet dunces cap
pointed up and caked in crap

we busted out on pay-day once we got our tiny pile of peanuts
once we made the move it proved easy
turns out the door was never locked

now i'm back slaving at the cave-in with slim hope & fat chance
just got a letter written from the prison
asking when are we going to send them the chains we escaped in, back

send them my dunces cap - my sweet dunces cap
loaded with razors
seasoned with crap

what don't kill you is will make you stronger - or so the monkey said
well i'm too close to half-dead to tell
where the hell me strength went

here in my dunces cap - i'm just dressed in that
my sweet dunces cap
and big bulls-eye target painted on my back