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
 and my son proved his words

 (Chorus)
 Water pistol man full of ammunition
 squirtin' at fires on a worldwide mission
 but did you ever think to stop to squirt
 the flowers in your own backyard

 for all my faux pa's 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 my 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

 (Chorus)

 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...

 (Chorus