Daddy Take A Nap - Loudon Wainwright III

Eleven o’clock am

Something’s wrong with daddy, what’s the matter with him?

He stands up, puts the newspaper down

Furrowed forehead, face in a frown

Goin' upstair to hit the sack

Yeah, daddy get’s grumpy — got to take a nap

Well, daddy take a nap, take a nap, take a nap

Daddy take nap

Whoa, whoa daddy — daddy got to go and take a nap

Now all of us kids 'round our house

We got to keep quiet, quiet as a mouse

When daddy get’s grumpy like a grizzly bear

Leave him hibernating in his lair

'Cause daddy’s kind of dangerous — that’s fact

Daddy gets grumpy, he got to take nap

Yeah, daddy take a nap, take a nap, take a nap

Daddy take nap

Whoa, whoa daddy — daddy got to go and take a nap

All right daddy — take a nap

It’s seems like daddy’s sleeping all of the time

He’s grump it’s a doggone crime

He likes to watch the news on the TV set

But halfway through he gets upset

Well mommy says it’s money and his bad back

Daddy gets grumpy, he got to take a nap

Daddy take a nap, take a nap, take a nap

Daddy take nap

Whoa, daddy — daddy got to go and take a nap

Now sometimes mommy and daddy fight

Us kids hear them late at night

Mom tells daddy, «Go get a job!»

Then she calls him a lazy slob

But in the morning they make up — that’s a fact

And then mommy goes with daddy and they both take a nap

Yeah, daddy take a nap, take a nap, take a nap

Daddy take nap

Whoa, whoa daddy — daddy and mommy take a nap

All right, it’s nap time!