I know this might sound    profoundly pessimistic    but how can things be so fucked up    and so many people just miss it       won't you send me a letter downstream    something I could touch something I could feel    won't you send me a letter downstream    something I could touch something I could feel       everyday now seems our future    just gets dimmer and dimmer somebody shout “amen”    I swear if one more asshole calls my mother    demanding money I'll just fucking hit them       won't you send me a letter downstream    something I could touch something I could feel    won't you send me a letter downstream    something I could touch something I could feel       I don't want to be here I don't want to be here    I just want to be home you see    it's not that bad trading your dreams for minimum wage slavery    it runs in the family       won't you send me a letter downstream    something I could touch something I could feel    won't you send me a letter downstream    something I could touch something I could feel       all this singing can't support me hell    I can't even support myself    and I feel so selfish, so ashamed that    I can't think of anything else to say but       won't you send me a letter downstream    something I could touch something I could feel    won't you send me a letter downstream    send me your fears