american family

from i was not well by highandfragile

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lyrics

i have bad credit too
parents demonstrated what not to do
clueless indulgences make you feel good
got carried away in the prescribed word

look i have moving parts
build me up now watch me fall apart
sign my name on the dotted line
because you promised that id be fine

ignore everything i hope it goes away
i know that to be the american way
i hear high heels on my slanted roof
they're sending morse code telling me what to do

look i have moving parts
build me up now watch me fall apart
sign my name on the dotted line
because you promised that id be fine

parents demonstrated what not to do
i was trying to be cool
lost track of my childlike mind
the one that remembered how to smile

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from i was not well, released December 24, 2016

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