this song could be sad but it's not
this song could be happy but it's not
i don't do anything before i'm caffeinated
i don't do anything until it's done

if you're gonna kill yourself don't
before you've had your coffee and toast
always eat your breakfast before you take your final rest
and if you still wanna then don't
if you still wanna please don't

how do you like your toast
do you like whole wheat or rye most
do you want jam or are you a butter fan
and if you're gonna kill yourself don't

if you're gonna kill yourself don't
before you've had your coffee and toast
take some time to think about it take some time to think it through
and if you still wanna then don't
if you still wanna please don't

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i don't know what i'm doing i don't do what i'm told
i don't want to alarm you but i'm scared of growing old
i hate to keep you waiting but you know that it's sad
when the times you are asleep are the best you ever had

i don't know what i'm doing i don't know where to go
i don't know where i've been and i don't know what i know
i'm greeting all the guests but i don't know who i am
i'm tired of lying but i don't give a damn

i don't know what i'm doing don't remember who you are
i haven't been the same since the night i wrecked your car
i don't know what to say when i look into your eyes
i've used this line before and now it's time to say goodbye

i don't know what i'm doing i don't know where to go
i don't know where i've been and i don't know what i know
i'm greeting all the guests but i don't know who i am
i'm tired of lying but i don't give a damn

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your dirt roads and amber waves
tractor pulls and lazy days
barbecues and crystal meth
there's good cookin there's good cookin tonight

i never knew you the way you wanted me to
the loneliness of rural america
i never knew you the way you wanted me to
the stifling silence of rural america

pave the fields with shopping malls
tract housing and traffic laws
high school dreamin waiting to be eighteen
high school dreamin waiting to do anything

i never knew you the way you wanted me to
conformity in middle america
i never knew you the way you wanted me to
bored to death in middle america

teenage dreams and starry eyes
we'll make it where the skyscrapers rise
live out your big city fantasies
but there's no place for folks like you and me

i never knew you the way i wanted to
broken dreams of urban america
i never knew you the way i wanted to
priced out of urban america

we'll never know you the way we wanted to
sold out by modern america
we'll never know you the way we wanted to
the broken promise of modern america