Canceling the Bar Mitzvah

Jason, if you want a bar mitzvah

God knows you can have a bar mitzvah

But I have to know

And I have to know now

Just what it is you want

I've addressed the invitations

Here's your chance to give me hell

If you think it's bust

Then it's probably just as well

Can't we wait 'til Whizzer gets better?

Can't we wait 'til he's out

That's what bar mitzvahs should be all about

Good friends close at hand

Don't you understand?

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We can't be sure when he'll get better

When or if he'll ever get better

But the hall is booked

And the band's been retained

So, Jason, please

What we'll do is your decision

There's no right and there's no wrong

Just say yes or no

And we promise to go along

Finally now it's all my decision

Like it's my bar mitzvah

Just like nothing happened

Hell, let's have a party!

Just like nothing happened

Why don't you make this dumb decision yourselves?

Okay?

Why don't you make this dumb decision yourselves?

We'll have the bar mitzvah

No

Then we'll cancel the bar mitzvah

No

We'll wait until you make a decision

Now what do we do?

Why don't we tell him that we don't have the answers?

And that life can be grim

Life's not all about him

And things rarely go according to plan

Tell him things happen for no damn good reason

And his lack of control kills what's best in his soul

And this is the start to his becoming a man

Holding to the ground as the ground keeps shifting

Trying to keep sane as the rules keep changing

Keeping up my head as my heart falls out of sight

Everything will be alright