May everybody sing love In the city watch it from above And just when I knew what I wanted to say The violent wind blew the wires away (We were shocked in the suburbs
the century Compressed on a tiny screen A dead star collapsing and we could see That something was ending Are you through pretending We saw its signs in the suburbs
do Wasted hours, that you make new And turn into A life that we could live Some cities make you lose your head (lalalala, lalalala, aaaahhh) And in the suburbs
Took a drive into the sprawl To find the house where we used to stay in Couldn't read the number in the dark You said let's save it for another day Took
They heard me singing and they told me to stop Quit these pretentious things and just punch the clock These days my life I feel it has no purpose But
make new Turn into a life that we can live Some cities make you loose your head La la la la la la la la-aa Then there?s suburbs stretched out thin
Let's go downtown and watch the modern kids, Let's go downtown and talk to the modern kids, They will eat right out of your hand, Using great big words
five bucks Suburban king Suburban king You had it printed on your van 'Cause it had a pretty ring Suburban king Suburban king Your American dream didn't mean a thing Suburban
I'm the son of rage and love the Jesus of suburbia From the bible of none of the above on a steady diet of Soda pop and Ritalin, no one ever died for
I'll pop a cap up some fool at the Gap 'Cause I'm a suburban homeboy I am a suburban homeboy with a suburban ho right by my side I am a suburban homeboy
Suburban rhonda Don't be so smart Suburban rhonda Don't act so sharp Suburban rhonda You'll wreck your heart Suburban rhonda You'll wreck your heart
want to leave for the city The suburbs is my home, yeah, yeah Sometimes day's as dark as night The suburban natives fight They got no urban desires They burn in the suburban
The things I am missin' You're huggin' and you're kissin' Now that you're gone It's your love I'll be missin' You and me, and happiness could be Could
I met you once at an emo show We hit it off well and our friendship did grow You talked about girls I told you my past We were best friends but that
Well I believe that alternative is dead I used to be a grunge-rocker man Corporate greed has choked the scene Making it all dumb and trendy I believe
The time is right to begin Lets get going once again For once in your life just let go I'm getting sick of everything Scared of what the next day brings
What the hell is wrong with me? I'm in a band, ladies can't you see Please don't judge me by the car that I drive Or the fact that I haven't had a date
Why did you take such a long time to come back home Just a crack of the door then you ran out Never come back home, never come back home Everything twitch