[Verse]

I've been thinking about the words you said

They don't add up to the truth

I'm not sure who you think you're fooling

Or what you try so hard to prove

[Chorus]

Please tell me now

Why must you act so tough?

Why are you so proud?

Is the weight of time still not enough?

[Verse]

Things are never what they used to be

It doesn't matter how you try

I've seen a side of you I can't unsee

But I don't want to seem unkind

[Chorus]

Who's sorry now

You should take your own advice

You need to figure out

Why you're always tangled up in lies

[Verse]

Like a shoebox filled with odds and ends

Left behind but not removed

A past you've tried valiantly to defend

But never found the time to lose

[Chorus]

Please tell me now

Why must you act so tough?

Why are you so proud?

Is the weight of time still not enough?

I tied my shadow to the wall

You say that don't make sense at all

But I like the imagery

And it sounded good to me

Some things are hard to say with words

You can't be sure what people heard

But what I really want to say

I don't like feeling this way

[Chorus]

But I'll do it how I want

I'm the one writing this song

And you can all just kiss my ass

I'm sorry for what I just said

It's not your fault it's this pounding in my head

Trying to come up with clever lines

Get past all the stupid rhymes

This is harder than it looks

You can't learn it from a book

Even Dylan had some duds

And I've spent too long on this one

[Chorus]

I kind of liked the groove

And all the attitude

Is it as good as Wagon Wheel?

I tied my shadow to the wall

Now it don't follow me at all

But it's still so hard to see

Am I the one I want to be

The promise of the past

It all went by so fast

I kept ignoring all the signs

And now I'm running out of time

[Chorus]

I'm still looking for the key

Life's a gift but it's not free

Sometimes it'd hard to see the truth

Past all the tattooed memories

And all the things I thought I believed

Trying to understand it all

So I wrote "I tied my shadow to the wall"

[Chorus]

Ken McElroy was pure evil, he was the devil's right hand man

But on July 10, 1981, I finally put an end to that

There's 500 good and god fearing people that are living in this town

But not single one of them will ever open up about the day that he went down

[Verse]

For 15 years McElroy, a bully, a scoundrel, and a thief

Terrorized this town and nobody did nothing, not the courts, not the police

21 charges over all those years not single one would stick`

He walked around like he was above the law and just the sight him made everybody sick

[Verse}

McElroy met his last wife Trena, when he was 35 and she was in 8th grade

By 14 she was pregnant and McElroy feared that he'd be charged with rape

To avoid the charge, he'd marry her, but he couldn't get her parents to sign the release

So he burned down their house and shot their dog and terrified, they reluctantly agreed

[Verse]

Almost everyone in Skidmore had had a run-in with him over many fearful years

We were all well past the point of "had enough" and we were finally past the fear

We met with Sheriff Estes and he tried to tell us not to take things into our own hands

But I guess he knew what was coming and drove straight out of town, like he was never coming back

[Verse]

McElroy was drunk and vengeful on that July day as he climbed into his truck

Shots rang out like thunder but only two hit him and I know that mine was one

There were 50 people standing around no one called an ambulance nobody saw a thing

He was a man that needed killing and I was glad to be the one to put him in his grave

[Chorus]

Ken McElroy was pure evil, he was the devil's right hand man

But on July 10, 1981, we finally took our stand

There's 500 good and god fearing people that are living in this town

But not single one of them will ever open up about the day we finally took him down

Out in the wind, still smoldering,

Wrapped in stolen clothes,

Her auburn dreams and blood-red lips,

Won't shield her, from what she's knows

Her story etched across the ashen sky.

The taste of innocence and hurt

Only indifference, like a silent song

Fades as familiar faces blur

Holy Mother

Will you hold her

Will you hold her in your arms

Holy Mother

Can you save her, please save her

A journey wide, a kingdom found

As a tyrant turns the water wheel

A garden waits, a path unwinds

She Is floating in eternity.

Holy Mother

Will you hold her

Will you hold her in your arms

Holy Mother

Can you save her

Holy Mother

Will you hold her

Will you hold her in your arms

Holy Mother

Can you save her, please save her

We should make our way to Mexico

Squeeze some lime in some Pacifico's

Go barefoot walking in the tropic air

Watch the sun go down and without a care

One-way tickets down to Sayulita

Don't bring your shoes, you're not gonna need 'em

We wouldn't have to let nobody know

We could forget to even bring our phones

Oh, sunny, sunny, sunny sunny Mexico

I, really, really, really really wanna go

They'll bring the salt the lime and the tequila

I'll bring my favorite little Senorita

Oh, Mexico, I want to go

I know a spot where all the locals go

For guacamole and fresh fish tacos

We'll get a couple frozen Margaritas

We'll kick it back and we don't need a reason

Oh, sunny, sunny, sunny sunny Mexico

I, really, really, really really wanna go

Why do today what you can do manana

We can lay in bed 'till noon if we wanna

Oh, Mexico, I want to go

They'll bring the salt the lime and the tequila

I'll bring my favorite little Senorita

Oh, sunny, sunny, sunny sunny Mexico

I, really, really, really really wanna go

I'm walking down the street In the cool clear night

I sense in my bones, something doesn't seem right

A feeling that rises inside me, suddenly

Is it what I see or a remnant from my past

I can' never quite tell and I don't understand it

Just the moment before I was walking along, so peacefully

And the neon hums and the pavement shines

And the tourists ignore me and stumble on by

On their drunken mission to find some kind of release

The road doesn’t end, it just bends out of sight,

And the truth never comes in the dead of the night

Then a ghost of man with a deck of old cards

Says' “Fate’s just a gamble, and luck hits you hard”

Then he laughs and tosses a joker right into the street

Where the streetlights flicker like they’re winking at me

The shadows move slowly, but there’s nothing to see

Like a photograph left out in the rain

The echoes of my footsteps fade into the dark

Like promises I made as offhand remark

It's no wonder that so many slipped away

The road doesn’t end, it just bends out of sight,

And the truth never comes in the dead of the night

I've said it before and I'll say it again

Though I'm never quite sure and it often depends

But I wish had done so many things differently

With the way it's been lately, I keep to myself,

My worrying mind, just trying to help

But all I can do is take my next step and breathe in deep

So I'll turn up my collar, keep moving ahead

But I can't stop repeating all the things that I've said

And the past never answers, it just listens, indifferently

The road doesn’t end, it just bends out of sight,

And the truth never comes in the dead of the night

Lately, I can't remember anybody's name

I read the news and it all sounds insane

And it's another hard time to be a Jew

But everything is cool when I'm with you

I think I spend too much time on my phone

But I don't ever want to be alone

I overthink everything I do

But everything's cool when I'm with you

Yeah everything is cool when I'm with you

You make me feel like how I've always wanted to

Like Brando, Newman or Camus

Yeah everything is cool when I'm with you

I have some trouble sometimes socially

I talk too much and behave nervously

Sometimes I cop an attitude

But everything's cool when I'm with you

Yeah everything is cool when I'm with you

You make me feel like I imagine others do

You even like The Grand Wazoo

Yeah everything is cool, it's cool, when I'm with you

When I'm with you

When I'm with you

When I'm with you

If you left I don't what I'd do

'Cause everything is cool, so cool, when I'm with you

So cool when I'm with you

I am lost in a dream, in a world that won't slow down

Somewhere here in between, and I can't quite figure out

Am I the only one trying not to hide

Am I really just losing my mind?

Words drift in the sky, memories tangle in the air

Endless rivers of time, but there’s nothing left for me there

Every thought I think just keeps asking why

Every moment I wait for a sign

Days go by

I can't decide

It just seems easier to hide

We need a way to be free, it's I am trying to be kind

It's not as dumb as it seems, just a different kind of lie

As I'm speaking, I'm already starting to cry

I'm trying to not say goodbye

Verse]

Is it a dream or is it a lie?

Is there answer you're trying to find?

Are you an outlaw ahead of your time?

Are you a legend in your own mind?

Can you believe what you feel inside?

Are you ready to scream or breakdown and cry?

Can you be trusted to choose the right side?

Do you know the reason that you're alive?

[Chorus]

This is your story

This is your life

You are the one writing the lines

You are the star attraction

The project greenlight

Don't let anyone tell you what's wrong or what's right!

[Verse]

Will you play the hero winning the fight?

Will you steal the scene with your Hollywood smile?

Are you playing for laughs or to steal the spotlight?

Are you writing the speech for your Oscar night?

[Chorus]

This is your story

This is your life

You are the one writing the lines

You are the star attraction

The project greenlight

Don't let anyone tell you what's wrong or what's right!

Verse

Forget about those gold chains

Forget about Axe Body Spray

Forget about the winter tan

That shit is just passe'

If you want to show the whole world

That you're just a big dumb fuck

Nothing quite says douchebag, like a CyberTruck

Verse

Forget about those protein shakes

Or showing off your CrossFit strength

If you need to compensate

For your inadequate length

If you really want to scream out loud

That you're trying way too much

Nothing quite says douchebag, like a CyberTruck

Bridge

You like to waste your money

We all just find it funny

We roll our eyes and laugh behind your back

Like a great big toaster oven

Everyone can see it coming

But where will you put the rifle rack?

[Verse]

You talk a big crypto game

But you just sound insane

Perched inside that shiny box

Acting like it's your private plane

If you want to show off

just how much your judgement sucks

Nothing quite says douchebag, like a CyberTruck

You used to drive a hummer, but that wasn't quite enough

Nothing quite says douchebag,

Nothing quite says douchebag,

Nothing quite says douchebag like a CyberTruck

I hate to break it to you

But you're a dick like Elon Musk

And nothing quite says douchebag like a CyberTruck