My Boy Ben

from So The Devil, Batman, and Jiminy Cricket Walk Into a Bar and Just Stay There. by The Bravest Little Toaster

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I'm just a kid cursed to look like Clark Kent
Who only wanted to be a half decent portrayal
Of a truly bad-ass hero, like Michael Keaton

And I still can't tie my shoe
At least not the way I was taught to
I just make weird nots and hope my originality gets me through

Now I think the devil that was on my shoulder
Killed the late great Jiminy Cricket
And he has stolen that saint's identity
And the place in my heart he lived in

I started talking with this girl named Alli,
Who had a random hatred for Benny Affleck
The more I felt her moving towards me,
The more I felt her breathing down my neck
And I should have told her I think my boy Ben,
Will make a pretty adequate Batman

And I don't watch Tarantino Movies for the action
And what I from people, I hide out of compassion
And I just want a girl who is really lovely, who is real and loves me
With a passion

Now I think the devil that was on my shoulder
Killed the late great Jiminy Cricket
And he has stolen that saint's identity
And the place in my heart he lived in

Is it even possible to be so cynical?
To still have ambition and a life that's abysmal?
No matter what I feel in my gut, I'm gonna push to look a little less miserable.

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from So The Devil, Batman, and Jiminy Cricket Walk Into a Bar and Just Stay There., released March 31, 2015

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