I suppose that when I was born the city glowed   And the people stopped in ther trucks   To realize that I was the new face on the block   But when I turned around I was laughing at myself   Because I didnt understand just what was going on      And when my grandparents were younger   They had all the finest things   Like bigger houses, drove nicer cars   Sat on the patio and talked about the war   But now they are living in the smallest house   And feeding off their fantasy   And it doesnt change the way they feel   It doesnt fix anything   It only make their problems worse      When I grow up I know that I will be something special   And the people will know my face   And call me by my legal name   But if i walked away from this situation   Where would I end up?   I have no idea, I have no goddamned idea      I do not claim to be a musician or an artist   But I try my very best to please the people all around me   But no one's coming to the fair and no one's looking at my stuff   They're all just dead to me, everybody's dead to me, yeah      Living somewhere far off in nebraska   I see myself with little children   Laughing like something great has just happened   But we all know that nothing happened   We are laughing just to prove a point      My smile feels phony   And my eyes they feel heavy   And I wish that I could just screw up   And sleep for ninety years   But it's not an option or a project   It is just my purpose on this planet      I do not claim to be a musician or an artist   But I try my very best to please the people all around me   But no one's coming to the fair and no one's looking at my stuff   They're all just dead to me, everybody's dead to me, yeah      The desert seems like a nice place to raise a family   I think that I will go there and talk to someone about owning property   But you wont come along, you'll be too busy sleeping   Or staring at yourself in the mirror   If you decide that you would like to come along   There is an open seat in the passenger side of my automobile