Drive-By Truckers - Self destructive zones
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Drive-By Truckers
Song: Self Destructive Zones
Album: Brighter Then Creations Dark
FIt was 1990 give or Gtake I don't remember
when the Fnews of revolution hit the Fair
The Fgirls hadn't even started tGaking down our posters
when the Fboys started cutting off their Fhair
The Gradio stations all Dmdecided angst was finally
old Fenough it ought to have a proper Fhome
FDead fat or rich nobody’Gs left to bitch
about the Fgoings' on in self destructive Fzones
The night the practice room caught fire
there were rumors of a dragon headed straight for Muscle Shoals
"Stoner tries to save an amplifier"
and it's like the dragon's side of the story is never told
When the dream and the man and the girls hang around long enough
to make you think it's coming true,
it's easier to let it all die a fairy tale,
than admit that something bigger is passing through
The hippies rode a wave putting smiles on faces,
that the devil wouldn’t even put a shoe
Caught between a generation dying from its habits,
and another thinking rock and roll was new
Till the pawn shops were packed like a backstage party,
hanging full of pointy ugly cheap guitars
And the young'uns all turned to karaoke,
hanging all their wishes upon disregarded stars
My Grandaddy's shotgun is locked in a closet
and it never shot a thing that could have lived
An old man decided that you couldn't choose your poison
till you're nearly old enough to vote for him
They turned what was into something so disgusting
even wild dogs would disregard the bones
Dead fat or rich nobody’s left to bitch
about the goings' on in self destructive zones