The Suburbs

In the suburbs I, I learned to drive

And you told me I would survive

Grab your  mother's keys, we're leavin'

You always seemed so sure

That one day we'd be fightin'

In a suburban war

Your part of town against mine

I saw you standin' on the opposite shore

But by the time the first bombs fell

We were already, already

We were already, already bored

Sometimes I can't believe it

I'm movin' past the feelin'

Sometimes I can't believe it

I'm movin' past the feelin' again

Kids wanna be so hard

But in my dreams we're still screamin'

Runnin' through the yard

And all of the walls that they built

In the seventies finally fall

And all of the houses they built

In the seventies finally fall

And nothin' at all, it meant nothin'

Sometimes I can't believe it

I'm movin' past the feelin'

Sometimes I can't believe it

I'm movin' past the feelin', into the light

So can you understand

Why I want a daughter while I'm still young?

I wanna hold her hand

Show her some beauty

Before the damage is done

But if it's too much to ask

If it's too much to ask

Then send me a son

Under the overpass

In the parkin' lot, I'm still waitin'

It's already passed

So move your feet from hot pavement

And into the grass

'Cause it's already past, already past

Sometimes I can't believe it

I'm movin' past the feelin'

Sometimes I can't believe it

I'm movin' past

Sometimes I can't believe it

I'm movin' past the feelin'

Sometimes I can't believe it

I'm movin' past the feelin' again

And again