I was driving my boy Tommy home
To begin his two-week suspension
He looked up at me with tears in his eyes
I could tell there was something hard he wanted to mention
He finally said, Dad, it didn’t feel like the right thing
But all the kids were doing it, so I did it, too
Even though I knew from the beginning
That I should have stopped to think it through
I turned to him and said,
I learned just one thing from my pop
And it’s important for you to know
He looked up at me expectantly
And I told him my motto:
Only dead fish go with the flow
Only dead fish go with the flow
You got more power than you know
You gotta find your own direction
Or be a dead fish
And go with the flow
[slide guitar solo]
Suzie went to the school board meeting
Because there was a vote on banning books
She’d never been to one before
But that night she thought she’d take a look
The crowd was wound up and rowdy Terrified the library was getting too
woke
Right before the vote
Suzie surprised herself and spoke
She said, I think you’re good people
But you’re not thinking for yourselves
You got swept up in a movement
That’s taking truth off our kids’ shelves
Listen to me:
Only dead fish go with the flow
You got more power than you know
You gotta find your own direction
Or be a dead fish
And go with the flow
Only dead fish go with the flow
You got more get up than you know
Find your own direction and go
Or be a dead fish
And go with the flow
Or be a dead fish
And go with the flow
