WHERE’M I GOING, DO YOU WANNA CRY
WHAT’M I DOING, WITH THIS ALIBI
WHAT’S THE DEAL BOY, YOU DON’T NEED TO HIDE, THEY SAY
IT’S THE SAME PLACE THAT I ALWAYS GO
AND I KNOW CUZ THE PICTURE SHOW
DOCUMENTS ALL THE DIRTY SNOW THAT IS MADE
WHERE AM I GOING
HOW CAN YOU STAND THERE AND WATCH
WHERE AM I GOING, WHAT HAVE I DONE
I THINK I’M ALL KNOWING
HOW CAN YOU STAND THERE AND HEAR ME SPEAK
THESE WORDS THAT PROVE ONCE AND FOR ALL
THIS SIMPLE BOY FROM CONCORD, CALIFORNIA IS A FOOL SOMETIMES
PICKED A FLOWER, THEN I THREW IT DOWN
FOUND ANOTHER ON THE OTHER SIDE OF TOWN
SHE’S A SWEETHEART BUT I MADE HER FROWN ANYWAY
SHE TALKS WITH JESUS AND SHE ASKS HIM WHY
ALL THE BAD BOYS TRY TO MAKE HER CRY
THEN SHE TELLS ME, GOODBYE, GOODBYE, GOOD DAY
WHERE AM I GOING
HOW CAN YOU STAND THERE AND WATCH
WHERE AM I GOING, WHAT HAVE I DONE
I THINK I’M ALL KNOWING
HOW CAN YOU STAND THERE AND HEAR ME SPEAK
THESE WORDS THAT PROVE ONCE AND FOR ALL
THIS SIMPLE BOY FROM CONCORD, CALIFORNIA IS A FOOL SOMETIMES
THEY COULD ASK ME ABOUT THE FRANCHISE
I COULD TELL THEM ALL THE STANDARD LIES
THEY COULD SIT THERE AND TRY TO ACT SURPRISED
TRY TO ACT SURPRISED YOU DON’T SEEM SURPRISED
STILL I THINK I’M, THE ONLY ONE
WHO’S TRIED TO DANCE WITH A LOADED GUN
BUT EVERYONE KNOWS THAT ITS…SO DUMB
WHERE AM I GOING
HOW CAN YOU STAND THERE AND WATCH
WHERE AM I GOING, WHAT HAVE I DONE
I THINK I’M ALL KNOWING
HOW CAN YOU STAND THERE AND HEAR ME SPEAK
THESE WORDS THAT PROVE ONCE AND FOR ALL
THIS SIMPLE BOY FROM CONCORD, CALIFORNIA IS A FOOL SOMETIMES
credits
from If Green Could Talk,
released January 1, 2008
Written by busbee
Produced by busbee and Ben West
Mixed by Ben West
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