作词 : Bishop
I should have stayed playing my clarinet 
I could have made it 
I could have made it playing big halls in an all-
Negro band 
I never should have left the town that 
I knew so well 
San Diego can't you tell? 
I could have made it playing my clarinet 
I hang around people 
I used to gawk at 
In magazines, 
I was fifteen and it all seemed so far away 
I'd get my kicks from singing "Money" in an old garage 
On Serenac 
Street I'm tired and 
I'm scared and 
I want to go home again 
You probably think 
I'm kidding and you're probably right 
I feel like the 
Z in xylophone tonight 
And I keep looking for an answer but 
I can't put up a fight 
It all seems so long ago...when 
I... I should have stayed playing my clarinet 
I could have made it 
I could have made it playing big halls in an all-
Negro band 
I should have gone to college instead of watching 
TV All day in my bathrobe 
I could have made it playing my clarinet 
I should have made it playing my clarinet