Haircut

Lyrics From Live Performance

[Verse 1]

Storm took the phone lines down and now your ride can't call

And you're bouncing off the walls, I stretched my arms real wide

Tried to break your fall but you got up, mad as hell and told me that I had it all

I tried to heal your wounds just to say I helped

Just to say that some small fame ain't made me someone else

It ain't a high road now, it’s just uneven ground

And I ain't even around to slow your speeding down

[Pre-Chorus]

You told me, "If a lie turned true, a lie it would still be

You ain't a goddamn hero now 'cause you cry on live TV"

[Chorus]

But at lеast I got a soul still, even if I'm in a bad place

Evеn if I'm eating fast food, sleeping at my dad's place

I'm happy for your haircut, I'm glad you got your act cleaned

You're showing up like bad news and leaving like a bad dream

[Post-Chorus]

Help me if it helps you sleep

[Verse 2]

Don't need your cosign now, oh, we get along just fine

For two hundred years, we laid bricks in the dirt, for the soil and the compromise

You grew your hair out long, now you think you're Jesus Christ

But there ain't nobody mistaking your guilt for some great sacrifice

You were born into New Hampshire's face, left us for the New York Times

Now you shuffle around like a ghost, telling people how you died

[Pre-Chorus]

You told me, "If a lie turned true, a lie it would still be

You ain't a goddamn hero now 'cause you cry on live TV”

[Chorus]

But at least I got a soul still, even if I'm in a bad place

Even if I'm eating fast food, sleeping at my dad's place

I'm happy for your haircut, I'm glad you got your act cleaned

You're showing up like bad news and leaving like a bad dream

[Post-Chorus]

Help me if it helps you sleep

Help me if it helps you write

Help me if it helps you leave

Help me if it helps you lie

[Bridge]

Crying in the bathroom, baby, I drove your ass home

You walked into a haunted house and got angry at the ghosts

We were fine without you, baby, long after you're gone

Spare us all the pity, love, save it for the microphone

[Chorus]

But at least I got a soul still, even if I'm in a bad place

Even if I'm eating fast food, sleeping at my dad's place

I'm so happy for your haircut, I'm glad you got your act cleaned

You're showing up like bad news and leaving like a bad dream

[Post-Chorus]

Help me if it helps you sleep

Help me if it helps you write

Help me if it helps you leave

Help me if it helps you lie

[Outro]

We were fine without you, baby