hometown cleopatrick

Shortcut to a quick buck is working all the time
Renting out your mind and saving every dime
Because when ten of those combine, they cross a sacred line
And go from pocket change to a gold mine

She said she'd be down to hang out
With her parents out of town
She was hoping I'm around
For a party at her vacant place

I said I'd come
Showed up and felt out of place, so I headed home
That's when she texts my phone and ask me where
I was and when I said I was gone

She broke my spine
And in that pain
I realized that every dime I've ever saved
It wasn't worth anything

What's the drive in being alive when you don't know who you are?
What's the fun in getting drunk if you can't take it too far?
Yeah, my friends are saying
I've been wasting all my weekends contemplating
If it's me or the booze that really gets wasted
I don't even taste it
I'm throwing back shots as if it's a race
Then quickly chase them

Without a mouth, I'm so down
But my hometown, it only makes me feel alone
And just when I-

Hometown girls are my greatest fear
So, in a couple days, I'll be off to college for another year
I'm thinking, I'm getting away by hitting the road
Somehow, she make it to all of my shows, now where can I go?

Girl, it's a simple matter
Your painted finger on my tongue
So I can taste the lacquer
Relive each door that you have touched

And then she split my lips
And for three whole days
I tried to speak, but everyone agreed
They couldn't hear a word I'd say

What's the drive in being alive when you don't know who you are?
What's the fun in getting drunk if you can't take it too far?
I'm saying, "Oh, I don't know
Take me anywhere but home"

Without a mouth, I'm so down
But my hometown, it only makes me feel alone
And just when I think I'm in the clear
She hook her hair behind her ear
She said I'm going down
She said, "Baby, it's okay to feel
The way you do if you keep it to yourself"

Life is a bitch with no mouth and no lips
But it sure ain't no fun with no teeth and no tongue
Life is a bitch with no mouth and no lips
But it sure ain't no fun with no teeth and no tongue
Life is a bitch with no mouth and no lips
I say, "Life is a bitch with no mouth and no lips"
I say, "Life is a bitch with no mouth and no lips"

Without a mouth, I'm so down
But my hometown, it only makes me feel alone
Just when I think I'm in the clear
She hook her hair behind her ear
She said, "Babe, are you aware
Of who I am?"