This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
when you drive a nail through all that's good
the carpenter becomes the wood
if my concentration sounds like wreckage
it's cuz i got a new feeling, every thirty seconds
we put a monkey up in space
and i know exactly how he felt
looking at a latticework of stars
missing his brothers back home
too much for a post card
mercy, have we gone too far?
who put all these criminals in charge?
did they win, or just hold all the cards?
i'm leaving my place in L.A., i'm gonna live in my car
surgery girls, from the USO
flown farm fresh
pure as snow
hand me that flask i just can't take it
she has the eyes of my mom but she was turning me on now i'm fading
i've got duct tape all around my heart
i've got a satellite dish to julienne my mind
200 channels nothing's on
but those network news can make your eyes see blonde
mercy, have we lost our way (have we lost our way?)
did we come down the ladder from the apes? (o those lonely apes)
will the beard of the prophet be assuaged?
i was putting my shit in the car when the copters came
they put a monkey in the White House
and his uncle in the movies
now the real monkey wants a re-count
he just couldn't believe they were his own family with those values
mercy, pick up your guitar
we'll need a lot of heroes for this war (pick up your guitar)
"will the last band please bring the flag?"
cause no one's rocking the boat and some kids here said they want to dance
the carpenter becomes the wood
if my concentration sounds like wreckage
it's cuz i got a new feeling, every thirty seconds
we put a monkey up in space
and i know exactly how he felt
looking at a latticework of stars
missing his brothers back home
too much for a post card
mercy, have we gone too far?
who put all these criminals in charge?
did they win, or just hold all the cards?
i'm leaving my place in L.A., i'm gonna live in my car
surgery girls, from the USO
flown farm fresh
pure as snow
hand me that flask i just can't take it
she has the eyes of my mom but she was turning me on now i'm fading
i've got duct tape all around my heart
i've got a satellite dish to julienne my mind
200 channels nothing's on
but those network news can make your eyes see blonde
mercy, have we lost our way (have we lost our way?)
did we come down the ladder from the apes? (o those lonely apes)
will the beard of the prophet be assuaged?
i was putting my shit in the car when the copters came
they put a monkey in the White House
and his uncle in the movies
now the real monkey wants a re-count
he just couldn't believe they were his own family with those values
mercy, pick up your guitar
we'll need a lot of heroes for this war (pick up your guitar)
"will the last band please bring the flag?"
cause no one's rocking the boat and some kids here said they want to dance
Lyrics submitted by jawbrokenrhymes, edited by thickets369
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looking at a maddest work of stars looking at a lattuce work of stars
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