From Listening to Lightning

I grew up in a seaside town where the devil lives Bonfire lights in the woods at night set to be afraid Down the street past the sweet shop, kids dipped in angel dust Up the block crooked cops always look the other way Took my board away Call it confiscate Under a rotting log in them woods, salamanders live They never have any trouble finding their own kind in the springtime I know its true you'd be happier with somebody else Tripping over the logs in the woods in your own time In the meantime I am your time Just trying to talk to you straight again Why would you listen to me? I went from listening to lightning To running from thunder From getting my ass kicked, to running for cover You say you'll never be lonely I don't think you can know me Cos we're no good for each other We'll both know that when its over Under this happy smile on my face there's an angry boy All he wants is to win fist fights that he lost in high school I know that angry boys do not grown up lovers make I promise he will be quiet long enough for You to fall for Baby run away Just trying to talk to him straight again He'll never listen to me We went from listening to lightning, to running from thunder From getting our ass kicked, to running for covers You'll say you'll never be lone.... Maybe its the drugs and the alcohol talking Maybe it's your neighbour and the shoes that he was walking Maybe it's the empty promise of tomorrow Suspect it was the hippies and the money that they borrowed Maybe there's no Jesus here to save us from the devil Maybe we're just like Roman we can blame the Heavy Metal Maybe building suburbs wasn't such a good idea Maybe this is the condition of being stupid human beings Who think its possible to listen to lightning? You say you'll never be lonely, then I don't think you can know me 'Cos we're no good for each other We'll both know that when its over I know it sounds like the same damn tune, but its somebody else's song And if we're talking about... I'll give you the lame excuse I'm gonna do what my father did Baby if that's all we got, baby we don't deserve this