We plow a similar field Of all the bones of remembered hearts And all the crackpot dreams And all the backroom art We run a similar course On a track laid with broken gla** So tie your shoes real tight It goes by real fast Mother and Father Now that you're gone It's not nearly long enough Still it seems too long I gave up my name for you
Gave up my edge, it made me bleed And I pleased everyone I mean everyone but me There behind the closing door I'm not enough and then too much Our strange and beautiful lives Fade and turn to dust Mother and Father Now that you're gone It's not nearly long enough Still it seems too long It's just wasn't long enough Still it seems too long