First Yoke - Daniel Romano, The Outfit

There’s a very good chance

Should you try to alter your plans

From the hand down family dance

You’ll never make it alone

No, there’s too much risk

In a foolish swing and a miss

So knock it off now whatever it is

Because it’s written in stone

The first yoke

Make your bank at the old smoke

Keep your track on a tight rope

Don’t let the family down

You’re a good kid

You’d better do what your daddy did

God forbid

You venture out and go broke

Just take the first yoke

Down at the factory

Theres a rooted family history

So take whats handed to you blissfully

And don’t you ever run-out

If your poor heart breaks

And you wonder if you’ve made a mistake

Come on Johnny now for goodness sake

That’s not what life is about

The first yoke

Make your bank at the old smoke

Keep your track on a tight rope

Don’t let the family down

You’re a good kid

You’d better do what your daddy did

God forbid

You venture out and go broke

Just take the first yoke

How you’ll be fixed in your hate

And how the cruel world will never relate

To the sad and unfortunate fate

Of a boy with no spine

But hey you get to be friends with the cops

So you can drink and drive and never get stopped

Plus, theres always good parking spots

And hardly ever a line

The first yoke

Make your bank at the old smoke

Keep your track on a tight rope

Don’t let the family down

You’re a good kid

You’d better do what your daddy did

God forbid

You venture out and go broke

Just take the first yoke