The working man's day, we just piss it away
We sit out in the weather
"Familiar", he said
Time soon breeds contempt
Wash your hands of it forever
Violence, it ripped through the old dogwood fence
See the whole scene unravel
Your drunk brother said he could reason with them
While they lied at night
And the picture was the left on the front porch
The back said, "I love you, don't you ever think of me?"
If my body goes, then to hell with my soul
We don't even know the difference
The dead folks in the clouds, for crying out loud
While they lied at night
And why can we live so long?
The house not the same since we left it that day
Old friends seem to wander
But our parents' hands: cigarettes, wedding bands
While they lied at night.
The working man's day, we just piss it away We sit out in the weather "Familiar", he said Time soon breeds contempt Wash your hands of it forever Violence, it ripped through the old dogwood fence See the whole scene unravel Your drunk brother said he could reason with them While they lied at night
And the picture was the left on the front porch The back said, "I love you, don't you ever think of me?" If my body goes, then to hell with my soul We don't even know the difference The dead folks in the clouds, for crying out loud While they lied at night And why can we live so long?
The house not the same since we left it that day Old friends seem to wander But our parents' hands: cigarettes, wedding bands While they lied at night.