The Kindergarten Steely Dan

This bullshit pop keeps me up at night
I don't think I'm doing it right
But who's to say what's right? If it's all just record sales, then we're all fucked
I look at those that inspire me
Then I look at my own abilities
And I wonder how I thought I could ever run with the big dogs
Then I'm reminded of what's hot
It's all a checklist of all that I am not
I write my own songs, I play guitar
At least I'm showing up at all

I made a bunch of enemies
Most of which I met professionally
We should bury the hatchet
We're all leeching off of the same twelve notes
And maybe we can start a cover band
We'll be the Kindergarten Steely Dan
Most of us ain't doing too hot on our own

We're all a little misunderstood
So we could start one big ass supergroup
It's okay to have an ego
As long as everybody gets a turn
And I don't really care what songs we play
As long as everything's gonna be okay
Life's too short not to try to start your own cult once

We can split the t-shirt sales
And tell the trolls to go to hell
If they don't like it, they can play by the rules
And write a diss track for some message board

I made a bunch of enemies
Most of which I met professionally
We should bury the hatchet
We're all leeching off of the same twelve notes
And maybe we can start a cover band
We'll be the Kindergarten Steely Dan
Most of us ain't doing too hot on our own

Don't start no shit, won't be no shit
If there's no contract, then there's no contract to argue
And every night is a night off
You can have all the "plus ones" you want
If you say you're a band then you're a band
We don't even have to play note one

I made a bunch of enemies
Most of which I met professionally
We should bury the hatchet
We're all leeching off of the same twelve notes
And maybe we can start a cover band
We'll be the Kindergarten Steely Dan
Most of us ain't doing too hot on our own