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Suburbia Lyrics
Well remember the guy who was a football star
He had it made with the ladies, but he never got far
Five years past, now he's gotten kind of fat
Working 8 days a week in a laundromat
With his momma and his daddy breathing down his neck
About everything he does so much it makes him sick
So he sits home alone, with the game on TV
As the crowd goes wild he said, "That coulda been me"
Just another day in suburbia
It's a beautiful day in suburbia
Best not let it get the best of you
Is it everything you thought it would be?
Remember playing games at the rich kid's home
His dad owned a bank, while his mom was alone
Everyday with the mailman, the trash man, lawn guy
Kid didn't look a damn thing like his dad (I knew why)
He grew up got a job making 80 grand a year
Had a wife and a kid all the guys called a queer
But his dad never knew, he was too blind to see
Guess it kinda ran in the family
Just another day in suburbia
It's a beautiful day in suburbia
Best not let it get the best of you
Is it everything you thought it would be?
Remember the girl down the street with the kids
That used to come outside, but she never did
Cuz she was trying to hide the bruises where her old man beat her
Cuz he hit her in the face with an old space heater
He came home drunk and tried to force sex on her
But he didn't see the .44 stuffed in the covers
So she waited till he came
As he lie there naked
Before she blew his head off
She told him she'd been faking all along
So long for everything you done wrong
Here's a bullet, to go hell, cuz it's where you belong
Just another day in suburbia
It's a beautiful day in suburbia
Best not let it get the best of you
Is it everything you thought it would be?
Just another day in suburbia
Yeah this is how we're living in suburbia
Best not let it get the best of you
Is it everything you want it to be?
No one understands it
No on comprehends it
Guess you had to be there
From the outside looking in
So I put my Outkast record on, turn up the volume cuz I'm all alone
And scream away
Remember the cutest couple in the world
He was the punk and she was daddy's little girl
Graduation came and she wanted him to stay
But he had bigger better dreams waiting out in LA
She cried and he cried as the plane flew away
She never ever wanted it to end this way
2 years later she read on the news
He'd gone on to be a big star but she never knew
Cuz he changed up his name
But his heart stayed the same
Cuz every song he wrote was about her, he claimed
But he never got to tell her, he died that year
From all of the coke and the pills and the beer
And the whole world cried, but just for one day
Cuz sooner or later, the pain goes away
Just another day in suburbia
It's a beautiful day in suburbia
Best not let it get the best of you
Is it everything you thought it would be?
Just another day in suburbia
Yeah this is how we're living in suburbia
Best not let it get the best of you
Is it everything you want it to be?
He had it made with the ladies, but he never got far
Five years past, now he's gotten kind of fat
Working 8 days a week in a laundromat
With his momma and his daddy breathing down his neck
About everything he does so much it makes him sick
So he sits home alone, with the game on TV
As the crowd goes wild he said, "That coulda been me"
It's a beautiful day in suburbia
Best not let it get the best of you
Is it everything you thought it would be?
His dad owned a bank, while his mom was alone
Everyday with the mailman, the trash man, lawn guy
Kid didn't look a damn thing like his dad (I knew why)
He grew up got a job making 80 grand a year
Had a wife and a kid all the guys called a queer
But his dad never knew, he was too blind to see
Guess it kinda ran in the family
It's a beautiful day in suburbia
Best not let it get the best of you
Is it everything you thought it would be?
That used to come outside, but she never did
Cuz she was trying to hide the bruises where her old man beat her
Cuz he hit her in the face with an old space heater
He came home drunk and tried to force sex on her
But he didn't see the .44 stuffed in the covers
So she waited till he came
As he lie there naked
Before she blew his head off
She told him she'd been faking all along
So long for everything you done wrong
Here's a bullet, to go hell, cuz it's where you belong
It's a beautiful day in suburbia
Best not let it get the best of you
Is it everything you thought it would be?
Just another day in suburbia
Yeah this is how we're living in suburbia
Best not let it get the best of you
Is it everything you want it to be?
No on comprehends it
Guess you had to be there
From the outside looking in
So I put my Outkast record on, turn up the volume cuz I'm all alone
And scream away
He was the punk and she was daddy's little girl
Graduation came and she wanted him to stay
But he had bigger better dreams waiting out in LA
She cried and he cried as the plane flew away
She never ever wanted it to end this way
2 years later she read on the news
He'd gone on to be a big star but she never knew
Cuz he changed up his name
But his heart stayed the same
Cuz every song he wrote was about her, he claimed
But he never got to tell her, he died that year
From all of the coke and the pills and the beer
And the whole world cried, but just for one day
Cuz sooner or later, the pain goes away
It's a beautiful day in suburbia
Best not let it get the best of you
Is it everything you thought it would be?
Just another day in suburbia
Yeah this is how we're living in suburbia
Best not let it get the best of you
Is it everything you want it to be?
Song Info
Submitted by
blueandstarry On Jul 09, 2002
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At all the shows before he plays this song he says, "This is a song about growing up in Cartersville, Georgia." So...that's what it's about. Haha, I love it, it reminds me so much of where I live. Also, the last verse gives me chills. At least live it does.
that's exaclty what suburbia is. i live on long island. thats like quadruple suburbia. and every minute of it is wonderful. :)
Yea, Cartersville is about like that. Pretty simular to Rome, which is where I'm from (and right next door to cartersville) the songs about growing up in a small town and trying not to blend in with this rest of the crowd. Mr.Walker is truely a great writing and with this song he created the anthem for small town life, or more specifically, Cartersville, Georgia.
this is about cartersville (me being from kennesaw and carrollton, i know how small cities can be) It's about all of the stereotypical people in these towns, like the star quarterback who was so cool in highschool endin up doin nothing and so forth
the verse about the girl and her abusive 'ol man' makes me laugh
she was fakin all along
heres a bullet go to hell cause its where you belong
lmao, ahh i love it
does anyone know who sings the No one understands it No on comprehends it Guess you had to be there From the outside looking in
part... def doesn't sound like him
weird that the riff/chords in this is the exact same as the opening part of ben folds' "rockin the suburbs" ...