Mark from the Park is a song in English
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