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I never got high the first time I tried
Just like everyone
I know the cigarettes were bold
For a little four foot nothing ten year-old
On hot summer days
We'd go down to the mall
Send security climbin' up the walls
Just like everyone
We were forever young
I am not so original
Never to be cynical
A little unstable
Clinically labeled
Fucked-up all-American
I am totally miserable
Ever to be pigeon-holed
Completely obsessive
Manic depressive
Fucked-up all-American
We lived out our lives like we would never die
Just like everyone
But before Keith went to bed
He put a double barrel shotgun to his head
I am not so original
Never to be cynical
A little unstable
Clinically labeled
Fucked-up all-American
I am totally miserable
Ever to be pigeon-holed
Completely obsessive
Manic depressive
Fucked-up all-American
Smashing bottles and cans
For reasons I don't understand
When I look at the past
It's like staring at pieces of broken glass
I am not so original
Never to be cynical
A little unstable
Clinically labeled
Fucked-up all-American
I am totally miserable
Ever to be pigeon-holed
Completely obsessive
Manic depressive
Fucked-up all-American
Just like everyone
I know the cigarettes were bold
For a little four foot nothing ten year-old
On hot summer days
We'd go down to the mall
Send security climbin' up the walls
Just like everyone
We were forever young
Never to be cynical
A little unstable
Clinically labeled
Fucked-up all-American
I am totally miserable
Ever to be pigeon-holed
Completely obsessive
Manic depressive
Fucked-up all-American
Just like everyone
But before Keith went to bed
He put a double barrel shotgun to his head
Never to be cynical
A little unstable
Clinically labeled
Fucked-up all-American
I am totally miserable
Ever to be pigeon-holed
Completely obsessive
Manic depressive
Fucked-up all-American
For reasons I don't understand
When I look at the past
It's like staring at pieces of broken glass
Never to be cynical
A little unstable
Clinically labeled
Fucked-up all-American
I am totally miserable
Ever to be pigeon-holed
Completely obsessive
Manic depressive
Fucked-up all-American
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The lyrics aren't entirely correct, but this song is about being a kid and turn into a teenager, I can see myself in it. I believe it's also about when you're a kid, you don't really have any problems life is quite perfect, but as time goes and you grow older and maybe a little wiser, you start getting more miserable and suddenly there's problems everywhere, I think we've all been through this shit.
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I never got high the first time I tried Just like everyone I know the cigarettes were bold For a little four foot nothing ten year-old On hot summer days We'd go down to the mall Send security climbin' up the walls Just like everyone We thought we'd been forever young
I am not so original Never to be cynical A little unstable Clinically labeled Fucked-up all-American Oh yeah, I am totally miserable Ever to be pigeon-holed Completely obsessive Manic depressive Fucked-up all-American
We lived out our lives like we would never die Just like everyone But before Keith went to bed He put a double barrel shotgun to his head
Oh yeah, not so original Never to be cynical A little unstable Clinically labeled Fucked-up all-American Oh yeah, totally miserable Ever to be pigeon-holed Completely obsessive Manic depressive Fucked-up all-American
Smashing bottles and cans For reasons I don't understand When I look at the past It's like staring at pieces of broken glass (glass, glass...) broken glass (glass, glass...)
Oh yeah, not so original Completly fucking miserable (Completly fucking miserable) A little unstable (A little unstable) A little unstable Oh yeah, Oh yeah (Totally miserable Ever to be pigeon-holed) A little unstable Clinically labeled Fucked-up all-American Oh yeah, Oh yeah (Totally miserable Ever to be pigeon-holed) Completely obsessive Manic depressive Fucked-up all-American Fucked-up all-American
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Fucked-up all-American (all-American)
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