LISTEN UP, SIT UP STRAIGHT, THAT’S THE ONLY WAY YOU’LL GET A BREAK   SITTING STILL AIN’T SUCH A BITTER PILL FOR GOODNESS SAKE   FOR 12 YEARS AND IT WON’T BE THE LAST TIME   AND I SHAKE EVERY TIME THAT I THINK IT THROUGH   OBEDIENCE WAS THE GOLDEN RULE      AIM SO LOW THAT YOU CAN’T MISS YOUR MARK   AND YOU PLAY THE PART SO LONG   YOU FORGOT WHAT YOU ARE      HAD SOME FRIENDS, PLAYED IT STRAIGHT, IN THE END THEY STARTED TO RESIST   THE WEIGHT OF THE WORLD IT NEARLY BROKE THEIR WRISTS   AND NOW THOSE WRISTS ARE SLIT   AND IT HURTS EVERY TIME THAT I THINK IT THROUGH   THAT WE LEARN TO EXPECT TO LOSE      AND CAN YOU WALK AWAY CAN YOU WALK ALONE   CAN YOU RAISE YOUR FIST AND STAND UP ON YOUR OWN   CAN’T LET THEM PULL THE STRINGS, THEY’VE HELD YOU WAY TOO LONG   CAN’T LET THEM TELL YOU WHAT TO THINK