From Crib to Coffin

[Verse 1]

I used to be a better man

But the regret came, and here I am

I used to walk outside my door

But I don't go outside anymore

[Verse 2]

When will they carry me to my grave

So I can pay for the things my hands have made

Two sons will take my body and place it in the ground

And I hope they know to be nothing like me

No, nothing like me

[Verse 3]

My blood is tainted with bitterness

I want it out, I want it out of me

Oh, the taste of my inheritance

How I have fallen, the hills will cover me

You too will become weak

You too will become weak

[Pre-Chorus]

The trees are green what happens when they turn dry

The trees are green what happens when they turn dry

We chose our words and threw them towards the sky

The trees were green, now they've all turned dry

[Chorus]

(There was a bird

Whose wings were crushed

By a windshield

So fast to the ground

The roadside it found

As it's eyes closed

I heard the driver say

As she pulled away

"What could I have done?

The worst is over."

I thought to myself

With risk to our health

No one ever offers help

No one ever offers help

No one ever offers help

No one ever offers help)

[Chorus]

And there was a bird

Whose wings were crushed

By a windshield

So fast to the ground

The roadside it found

As it's eyes closed

I heard the driver say

As she pulled away

"What could I have done?

The worst is over."

I thought to myself

With risk to our health

No one ever offers help

[Chorus 2]

When we were boys

We chased through neighbors' fields

We could run forever

And I swore to my friends

Their lives I'd defend

As a superhero

But age finds the lust

And gives it your trust

And begs your devotion in trade for discretion

The years play out as days

As those friends pass away

But you're taken care of

There's always television

(Television)

[Outro]

(Just crawl inside

Just crawl inside

Just crawl inside

Just crawl inside

The hearse)