Role Model by Mark Farner

Wake Up by Mark Farner

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Role Model
by Mark Farner

Album: Wake Up

Parents in a mixed-up world
Are you crying late at night
You've got a sick feelin' deep down inside
Somethin' just ain't right
You send your children off to school
In a system that ain't too cool
But there's really nothin' they can do
Because they're totally dependent on you
On you

Are you conscious of the food they're eating
Do you care about the air they're breathing
Are they influenced by your love
Or do you open the door and shove

Parents in a mixed-up world
Are you so tied up you can't move
Does the straight jacket of society
Have you trapped in the same old groove
Do you children know the Lord above
Do they know the freedom of His love
There's really nothing they can do
Because they're totally dependent on you
On you

Are you conscious of the food they're eating
Do you care about the air they're breathing
Are they influenced by your love
Or do you open the door and shove

God's gonna ask you why
You lived your life that way
(You're supposed to be a role model)
They're the ones who'll have to cry
When they find out you were wrong
(They just looked up to their role model)
Know the things that you must change somehow
It's your life you rearrange so they can see
Just how they're s'posed to be
Just how they're s'posed to be

Are you conscious of the food they're eating
Do you care about the air they're breathing
Are they influenced by your love
Or do you open the door

Are you conscious of the food they're eating
Do you care about the air they're breathing
Are they influenced by your love
Or do you open the door and shove
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