listen up and i ll tell a story about an artist growing old some would try for fame and glory others aren t so bold and everyone in friends and family sayin hey go get a job why do you only do that only why are you so odd and we don t really like what you do we don t think anyone ever will we think you have a problem and this problem s made you ill the artist walks among the flowers appreciating the sun he s out there all his waking hours oh and who s to say he s wrong but the artist walks alone someone says behind his back he s got some gall to call himself that he doesn t even know where he s at and they sit in front of their tv sayin hey isn t this a lot of fun and they laugh at the artist saying he don t know how to have fun and listen up and i ll tell a story about an artist growing old some would try for fame and glory others like to watch the world