MARK:
They call me Mark
Mark from the Park
They only know me as a dad
But before my kid I had
A certain spark

I wrote 5 shows
That no one knows
A one man musical of Jaws
That overcame the movie's flaws
I played the shark

JULIAN:
When will the world stop mean to us
And recognize our genius
I've been patient

MARK:
I can't believe my face isn't on a stamp

JULIAN:
I spent two decades suffering for my art

MARK:
I put my heart on every page
And watch it die up on the stage
The audience is always in the dark
I'm always Mark from the Park

MARK:
They call me nuts
Think I'm a putz
All the moms make fun of me
Cause I keep my mornings free
I hate their guts

I'm choosing words
And feeding birds
While my son just runs around
I keep him here at the playground
Until it shuts

JULIAN:
We should be winning Grammy and Tony awards
Instead of running for school boards
They made me treasurer

MARK:
They tried to make me vaccinate my kid

JULIAN:
I'm nearly middle aged with no success

MARK:
I'm gonna die in 20 years
And then I'll be praised by my peers
Make me martyr just like Joan of Arc
Instead of Mark from The Park

JULIAN:
They call him Mark

MARK:
They call me lots of things, the children give me names

JULIAN:
Mark from Park

MARK:
They won't let me or my son play their stupid games

JULIAN:
They know only him as a dad
But before his kid he had
A certain spark

MARK:
I was the toast of Off-Off-Off-Broadway

JULIAN:
He wrote 5 shows

MARK:
You shoulda seen the amount of paper that it took

JULIAN:
That no one knows

MARK:
Nobody cares about the guy who wrote the book

JULIAN:
A one man musical of Jaws
That overcame the movie's flaws
He played the shark

BOTH:
We came in second place, two silver schmucks
When you don't come first, second sucks
We'll never get the gold
So far away from hot, we're freezing cold
I'm sure the world is full of guys like us


JULIAN:
We're never gonna win the fight

MARK:
It doesn't matter what we write

JULIAN:
I know each time I start a song

MARK:
I'll get the ending wrong

JULIAN:
And the bite of it is meaner than the bark

MARK:
Like the shark

BOTH:
I give up
Call me Mark from the Park