reagan youth

95 degrees and it's summer '81

window unit suffocation

steam out on the lawn

stretching khaki on the seats

rubber melting on the streets

cable's getting cheaper but there's something going on

reagan youth taught you how to feel

reagan youth showed you what was real

but to tell the truth

there was more than one reagan youth

you can see your breath at the end of '89

cause the heat all drained away

and your friends do not look fine

half of them go underground

half just disappear

either busted like a union

or reanimate with fear

reagan youth taught you how to feel

reagan youth showed you what was real

but to tell the truth

there was more than one reagan youth

reagan youth sharpening their teeth

reagan youth learning how to breathe

now we know the truth

there was more than one reagan youth

reagan youth

reagan youth