[Verse 1]
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The rain-rotted house on the dead end of Baytree, old bitter lady
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Sits catty-corner to the aftershock from the quarry
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She says "America's a spoiled child that's ignorant of grief"
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But then she gives out full-sized candy bars on Halloween
[Refrain]
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We had to add it to the tab
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To die, we'd have to settle up
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So we just go until we can't
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Or burn it down to feel the heat
[Verse 2]
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The Kletz brothers' parents fight in the yard in their underwear
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Bobby and Jimmy sit in the baby pool with lice in their hair
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They have scoliosis from constant slumps in misery
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Flat parts on their crew cuts from laying their heads on their knees
[Refrain]
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We had to add it to the tab
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To die, we'd have to settle up
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So we just go until we can't
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Or burn it down to feel the heat
[Verse 3]
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Georgie set fire to acres of cotton setting off model rockets
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The kid from the Jewish family got the preacher's kid pregnant
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They sent her off and we never heard too much more about it
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The sweet talk never lasts and you learn to go on without it
[Refrain]
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We had to add it to the tab
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To die, we'd have to settle up
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So we just go until we can't
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Or burn it down to feel the heat
[Verse 4]
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Somebody called the cops on Mandy and her boyfriend
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When they busted in they found that her house was a front for a mob thing
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They pulled guns and cocaine from the drywall wrapped in newspaper
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We gathered in the tall grass and watched unblinking as they cuffed 'em and hauled 'em away
[Refrain]
E D A
We had to add it to the tab
E D A
To die, we'd have to settle up
E D A
So we just go until we can't
E D A
Or burn it down to feel the heat
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When we give up, we go–-----------------
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To sleep
