usa

dumbfounded

downtrodden and dejected

crestfallen

grief-stricken and exhausted

trapped in my room while the house was burnin'

to the motherfuckin' ground

i saw the sign but it was misleading

i fought the law

but the law was cheating

screaming for help

but somebody keeps on

telling me to settle down

please be honest

tell me was it you?

clerk at the midwestern service station

striped uniform

giggling at catch phrases

look in her eyes we're up to something

oh

it doesn't matter now

man in a crossover with his family

sketched in decals on the window smiling

driving parallel in the lane beside me

oh

it doesn't matter now

but please be honest

tell me was it you?

i won't hate you

i just need to know

please be honest

tell me was it you?

at first he thought it was the undertow

but he was dragged to the bottom of the lake

by a couple of kids saying

it's a joke"