Pangs of silence   From the room upstairs   How's the view there   Do you read what they're sayin' about you   That you're no fun   Since the war was won   In fact you have become   All of the things you've always run from      The ascent of Stan   Textbook hippie man   Get rest while you can      So where'd the years go   All the time we had   Being poor was not such a drag in hindsight   And you wonder why your father was so resigned   Now you don't wonder anymore      The ascent of Stan   Textbook hippie man   Textbook hippie man   Get rest while you can      Stan, once you wanted revolution   Stan, now you're the institution   Stan, how's it feel to be the man   It hurts to be the man, It's no fun to be the man      La~ dada, la dada dada, la dada   La dadada dadada da~   And I watched it all go down      The ascent of Stan   Textbook hippie man   Stan   Textbook hippie man   Get rest while you can      Stan, once you wanted revolution   Stan, now you're the institution   Stan, how's it feel to be the man   It hurts to be the man, It's no fun to be the man