It's a thing I hate to see, it always wrecks my day
Lingers on inside my brain until I hit the hay
I might look like a fool to shed tears at the display
Honestly, I get it, know no-one who feels the same
But I can't stop my heart from destroyin' itself
When I see that lump of plastic just dumped on the shelf
"Just PVC, it's not livin', you twit"
Yes, but my eyes are still wet

It makes me real sad to see those pool toys lay there deflated
Right in my feels
The good times they impart need to be reinstated
Buddy
I understand that it's just too cold to have a swim but you must believe me
Pack 'em up tightly and keep 'em stored away, don't want to see
Almost like they've decomposed, don't leave 'em there deflated
Yes, I'm for real

Of the sad, depressin' sights I've seen, it's not that harsh
To see a duck with a hole punched through flat as a card
But somethin' in my heart just can't take it, I guess
Wanna take that duck, give him all the air in my chest
'Til I can't breathe but he's whole once again
Somethin' I need to get checked

Until then, tears are gonna flow as pool toys lie deflated
Destroys my feels
It shouldn't be that hard to box 'em up, I hate it
Buddy
No, I don't think that they have a soul, I'm not that kind of weird freak, believe me
I just prefer things when they are whole, so it's so sad to see
That shark layin' there with no quote-unquote "life", deflated
Know he's not real

I get your insistence that I'm a total tool
With my hat on my chest as my lip quivers, they should swim in a pool

It's dumb and I'm aware it's so, sad pool toys get deflated
Though if it was a dart that did it, I could take it (oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, true)
'Cause at least then when it makes a hole, the noise it makes, can't help but laugh, sue me
Not really sad when you watch it go almost to space, you see
I'll still have to blow my nose when they're just left deflated
Dust-caked, I reel