So much wasted ambition
I hate to see a young man with an addiction
A man now wicked and cruel
Was once meek and humble
All the things in this world you would replace
They made you what you are in the first place
Dogs and cats aren't family
I've put down pet before and it meant nothing to me
Community and neighbors
They do me no favors
Car shows and chili cook-off events
Local leaders with ribbons to present
Sunsets, I don't admire
Natural formations all fail to inspire
Canyons and rivers and lakes
All nature's mistakes
Alright (Yeah)
These aren't lines from poems or from plays
It's not a stage for opera or ballet
It isn't prose for podium or page
It's not a role for cinema or stage
Principles and rudiments to teach
Eighteen holes to play at Pebble Beach
The hand that holds the prize will someday change
Sacrifice in the spirit of exchange
Privileges provided by birth
Soon return to the dust of the Earth
Alright (Yeah)
What sounded wrong suddenly sounds correct
Heavy songs in sound and subject
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