I grew up rich And my daddy did too But we're never happy In fact, if you knew That his grandpa killed himself In the garage And four of us tried But we didn't get far
My aunt stabbed her brother Deep in the neck And then they committed her Schizophrenic She was lobotomized For being free For being dangerous For what she'd seen
I can tell you I'm unclean All my dreams end violently How'd you get so close to me? Hold me now I'll never leave
Two anorеxic And two just got clean And we nevеr talk about What it all means Cuz this is the goddamn American Dream A lawyer, a banker A couple more drinks Cuz somebody's daddy Way back in the day Made boatloads of money From owning slaves
I can tell you I'm unclean All my dreams end violently How'd you get so close to me? Hold me now I'll never leave
And so many artists Have a trust to their name And nobody talks And it all stays the same We fight with each other For the purest of all Looks a lot like the whiteness Back when daddy was born And the worst of it all Is that art saved my life And the money did too Yeah the money was nice Cuz it bought me a shrink And a warm place to live And I bought a guitar Back when I was a kid
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