4 X 10 - Loudon Wainwright III

It’s not strange, no mystery

You and I are history

I put up my protective wall

It’s 4 feet thick and 10 feet tall

10 feet tall and 4 feet thick

Granite, concrete, steel and brick

Protection for you, understand

The little boy, the inner man

Boys kissed the girls

Then made them cry

That’s a man’s job, that is why

When you cry, you’re just a clone

Of every woman I have known

And every Harry, Dick and Tom

Gets all of this shit from his mom

Who was unhappy, mom was sad

Because of a wall that dad had

Once its up it won’t come down

And mom’s a queen and dad’s a clown

It’s not strange, no mystery

That you and I are history

It’s 4 feet thick and 10 feet tall