Prince's Favorite Son

Dog's Eye View

Well it feels a little like a landscape

And it sounds a lot like time passing by,

As you watch through a window asking

"When will I get mine?"



The prince's favorite son

Was left sitting on a car hood

With a paper tiger

That he used to play with

And a picture of his father,

Whose memory was a whisper

That sang to him daily

As he ran away



It started out so simply

Then it caught him in confusion

As he pulled his head back

And he looked around said

"It takes so long just to get

To where you're going,

When you start out spinning

And you can't fall down"



Well, it feels a little like a landscape

And it sounds a lot like time,

Passing by, as you watch through

A window asking "when, will I get mine?"



With a dog's eye view,

It's a world full of hydrants

And passing feet you never ever

Get the whole scene

You read 429 books about a better world,

But you wake up early

And you still don't know what they mean



Well I'm standing in America,

And I'm swimming in this whirlpool

My head's above, but there's water in my eyes

It took 23 years just to get this stupid

Wondering when will I get wise



And it feels a little like a landscape

It sounds a lot like time passing by

As you watch through a window

Asking "when, will I get mine?"