He reuses the verse melody from the previous album's "Dirty Little Religion", the topics of the verses are all over the place, and he packs too many words into one line (goes to show...) and too few in another (it's pretty hard to find), and rhymes "Henley Regatta" with "Persona non grata", but gets away with it all as only he could.
So I took my guitar
And I threw down some chords
And some words I could sing
Without shame
And I soon had a song
I played it around
For some friends
But they all said the same
They said "Music's for fools
You should go back to school
The future is prisons and math."
So I did what they said
Now my children are fed
Cause they pay me to do what I'm asked
I forgot all my songs
The words now are wrong
And I burned my guitar in a rage
But the fire came to rest
In your white velvet breast
So somehow I just know that it's safe
And I threw down some chords
And some words I could sing
Without shame
And I soon had a song
I played it around
For some friends
But they all said the same
They said "Music's for fools
You should go back to school
The future is prisons and math."
So I did what they said
Now my children are fed
Cause they pay me to do what I'm asked
I forgot all my songs
The words now are wrong
And I burned my guitar in a rage
But the fire came to rest
In your white velvet breast
So somehow I just know that it's safe
Lyrics submitted by saturnine, edited by wheelrules
Death of a Salesman Lyrics as written by George Alan Sparhawk
Lyrics © DOMINO PUBLISHING COMPANY
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DOESN'T IT SUCK WHEN PEOPLE TELL YOU YOUR ART IS A WASTE OF TIME?!
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I wouldn't put it exactly that way myself, but that's basically right.
I'm under the impression that the correct line is "the future is prisons & meth" which is one of my favorite lyrics of all time.
the moral of this song is this: if you fail to achieve your dreams, as long as you have pussy, you will be alright.