Hometown Dropout (Lyrical)

[Verse 1]
She said, "Count your blessings,
'Cause you don't know how much time we've got.
"Say your prayers tonight,
before you fathom but another thought."
I said, "Ma'am, please don't forget
Every night that I have slept
And dreamt of a providence that could never be,
'Cause He's not listening."
But she's not listening.

[Chorus]
The hypocrisy of a small town
Living life through each other;
You know they'll run when it all comes down,
Pointing fingers at all the others.
They say "Things'll never be the same."
I say, "You can blame one another.
Just please, don't call me out,
'Cause I won't live without a doubt."

[Verse 2]
The man in the little red house,
Who sits on his porch and smokes his cigarettes,
Says, "You'll never amount to anything,
If you live without regrets."
I said, "Sir, look how that made you.
In all your years, you've found nothing true,
But to black your lungs and flick your tongue
At innocent passersby."
But see, I can't imagine why.

[Chorus]

[Bridge]
Feed me an alibi.
Defend your every line.
It all falls on deaf ears tonight.
And I know you don't remember,
But I do, yeah, I do,
All those nights we cried,
Just from feeling so alive.

[Chorus]

[Chorus 2]
I can't just fall back now,
But I see they've found the way
To escape the blame
That rifles through our everyday lives.
"I tried to let it go,
But I just thought you should know
How it feels
To stand headstrong against this war of words."

[Outro]
I said, "Today is not my day."
No, today is not my day.
Today was not my day.