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'Losing your brave', is that what he said? |
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The flag will still wave even after you're dead. |
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I'll be your american wife. |
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Like the eagle perched atop the globe, |
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We'll climb up above the smog and |
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Live in blissful ignorance |
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With a dog and a tv set. |
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We'll eat flesh 'til we're fatter than our friends. |
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But i only play the fool very often. |
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I only bet my heart like a spade, |
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But i like the gambling life. |
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You never know what you're gonna get. |
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Bet your shoes, keys, and glasses. |
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You'll be barefoot, free from debt, blinded, and wandering; |
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Maybe then you'll be happier, then (then you'll be happier, then) |
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The wind used to come and nearly blow you over. |
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The wind doesn't move down these parts anymore, |
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And so goes the bartering life. |
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Caught for food, then they strap you down. |
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You scream, "miami was pretty, before we were bitter; |
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Before we let our sadness litter the streets." |
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You offered your father could be mine. |
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We looked at your family tree, and politely declined. |
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You have eleven siblings, |
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Who've had ten broken limbs, |
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Nine divorces, |
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And eight broken hearts, |
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And seven grandkids, |
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And six bypass surgeries, |
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Five college degrees... |
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Four are sick; |
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Three are well. |
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Two are dead, |
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One's in jail. |
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No one here moves away. |
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No one here moves away. |
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'Come unto the grave', is that what i said? (is that what i said?) |
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My memory fades when i'm drinking in bed. |
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I miss the sobering life. |
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The comforter will not come unto to me 'til |
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I'm a fearless, faithless nothing at all |
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'Cause no one escapes their life. |
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No one escapes their life |
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No one escapes their life |
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(no one, no one) |
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It may sound depressing. |
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It's just a life lesson. |
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In the bartering, gambling life, |
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I'll be your american wife |
