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“Clark Griswold” is about a father trying to be and do the best that he can, being imperfect, and ultimately realising that he just needs to do what he believes is right. Just like Clark Wilhelm Griswold Jr..
Portrayed by Chevy Chase, Clark is the fictional father from the National Lampoon’s Vacati...
[Chorus: Adrian Eagle]
I've always tried to do
The right thing in my life
Take care of my house, my picket fence
My children and my wife
On my way home
On my way home
I'm on my way home
Clark Griswold, here I go
[Verse 1: Suffa]
Cheah
You could walk a mile in my shoes, but could not
Mope around for a day in my socks, wakin' up
Coughin' up a whole range of crap
Coffee mug, 'World's Greatest Dad'
Livin' life in a bathrobe or some cargos
On borrowed time, worry lines like a barcode
Wearin' my Chicago Bears cap, feelin' like Clark
My family fillin' my heart, I try to do right
(Oh) Try to do good
I try to do the best I can, man, all of my life
(Oh) I've done all I could
To try and be a better man, but I've realised
Hey, I gotta be clever now
(Hey) I gotta go get it now
I took a look at the way that I'm livin'
Mistakes are better never made than forgiven, right?
[Pre-Chorus: Adrian Eagle]
Whoa, whoa, whoa
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, oh
[Chorus: Adrian Eagle]
I've always tried to do
The right thing in my life
Take care of my house, my picket fence
My children and my wife
On my way home
On my way home
I'm on my way home
Clark Griswold, here I go
[Verse 2: Pressure]
Yeah, they say a real man's a family man
Pays the bills, has a travel plan, a caravan
That way it feels like everywhere that I am
Trouble follows till I unravel and crash the van
Always managin' in damage control
Count my blessings like casualties and add up the toll
And matters resolve, I plan on gettin' back to my goals
But this life a getaway, so grab on and hold
When I'm away (Oh) this world leads me astray
Everything starts breakin' apart, so I'm spendin' my days
(Oh) Tryna carve out a place
That'll fill that empty space in my heart
To say that I'm a beautiful mess, I'd say the truth is a stretch
I confess I'm only human, but I'm doin' my best
Uncertain if all the hurtin' is worth it
Yeah, I know I couldn't be further from perfect
[Pre-Chorus: Adrian Eagle]
Whoa, whoa, whoa
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, oh
[Chorus: Adrian Eagle]
I've always tried to do
The right thing in my life
Take care of my house, my picket fence
My children and my wife
On my way home
On my way home
I'm on my way home
Clark Griswold, here I go
[Bridge: Adrian Eagle]
Life can be so beautiful
But sometimes I feel
I make a mess of things
Life can be so beautiful
But sometimes I fear
I make a mess of everything
Life can be so beautiful (Oh-ahh)
But sometimes I feel
I make a mess of things
Life can be so beautiful (Yeah, yeah)
But sometimes I fear
I make a mess of everything
[Outro: Adrian Eagle]
Woo
Oh!
Uh, I'm on my way home
Clark Griswold, here I go
Clark Griswold was written by Paul Bartlett & John Bartlett & DJ Debris & MC Pressure & Suffa.
Clark Griswold was produced by SIXFOUR.
Hilltop Hoods released Clark Griswold on Fri Jul 13 2018.
So thankful to be a part of this song. I think any father or mother of any kind can relate to these lyrics. I was honoured to jump on this with Hilltop Hoods.
As the video for “Clark Griswold” dropped on Friday the 13th we thought we’d better at least try to incorporate some horror movie elements, albeit pretty tame (we wanted it to be horrifically violent, but even more than that, we didn’t want YouTube pulling it). As you watch the clip you see generati...
‘Clark Griswold’ is a song about becoming a father and taking account of our weaknesses as a result. On a basic level it’s about being a flawed person that’s trying to do better.
No, he was just a device.
[He’s] another Adelaide act. We’ve known him for a while; he works with our friend K21 a lot. Anyone that’s met him remembers him, because he’s probably the sweetest guy on Earth and just has a wonderful voice, and we got a shoutout in “17 Again”, so we’ve been wanting to work with him for a while....
According to the Hoods, the song was recorded June/July, having apparently only been in the works for “a couple weeks” before they premiered it via triple j radio on the the 12th of July, 2018.
[Adrian] was actually down at the studio and he jumped on the hook for something else but then he heard the Clark Griswold demo and was like, “Man this is my joint, I’m really feeling it. Can I get on this instead?” and we wanted him to be into what he was doing. So we scrapped the other song and en...