Primary Care Giver by Mike Viola Lyrics

Try not to drink so much
Try to get a little more sleep
Try to get a little bit of exercise
Make yourself something healthy to eat
Try to drink a little more water
Take a walk around the lagoon
Pick up a phone and call your brothers
Pick up a rake, pick up a broom

How can I take care of myself
If I don't love myself

Draw my little girl a picture, no problem
Draw my little girl a bath, no problem
Sing my little girl to sleep, no problem
Bring my little girl to school on time, no problem
You dress like Bobby Brady
Eat like you're seventeen
You're life should be gravy
But you got no momma to cut your meat
How can I take care of myself
If I don't love myself, If I don't love myself

I pay a couple a doctors to tell me how to love myself
They prescribe the latest medicine to help me love myself
They always try to blame my parents
It's not fair to pick on the dead
Even if it was their fault
There's nothing I can do about them

How can I take care of myself
If I don't love myself, If I don't love myself
How can I take care of myself
If I don't love myself, If I don't love myself

I know I'm a very good father
I know how to sing in tune
I know how to make love to women
I know how to tie my shoe
But how can I take care of you
If I can't take care of myself
And how can I take care of myself
If I don't love myself
I don't love myself

You can't teach a child to be Van Gogh
You can't teach a child to be Van Gough
You can't teach a child to be Mozart
You can't teach a child any of these fines arts
But you can teach a child to love themselves
Twenty-five days a week
You can teach a child to love themselves
Teach 'em how to brush their teeth
How can I take care of myself
If I don't love myself, If I don't love myself
How can I take care of myself
If I don't love myself, If I don't love myself