i just sat down to watch the game when i heard the doorbell ring an i wondered who in the world it could be through the peephole all that i saw there was a crooked cap on curly hair an some kid squintin back at me i said if you re sellin somethin well i ain t buyin nothin but i appreciate you stoppin by said i ain t askin for a dime just a minute of your time an your name here on the dotted line could you sign my petition had a spiral notebook in his hand handed me a chewed up pen an i ask you what am i signin up for i scrolled down that wrinkled page saw a couple of neighbors names i kept readin then i sat down on the porch it was a letter to the president with a list that numbered one to ten it said make a law where daddy s don t work late keep uncle joe an those soldiers safe give those kids on tv all they want to eat put a stop to bullies on the bus no crime no waits no hate no drugs give a blanket and a job to people on the street i said son sounds like a world i d like to live in and i signed his petition he thanked me for my time i headed back inside grabbed my beer an got back to the game thought by now that boy he s three doors down here i am just sittin round waitin on the world to change must ve blocked the whole game out all that i could think about was make a law where daddy s don t work late keep uncle joe an those soldiers safe give those kids on tv all they want to eat put a stop to bullies on the bus no crime no waits no hate no drugs give a blanket and a job to people on the street an i thought man ain t that a place i d like to live in and i thank god for that boy that s out there fixin the world with his petition 