smoking on my sofa

I get an A on most my papers
I’m ’bout to get my first degree
I’ve got a nice and tidy condo
And I’ve got someone right next to me
It’s all been going quite straight forward
I’m at the place where I should be
I know my mom and dad, they’re both proud
But as soon as they don’t see

I’m smoking cigarettes on my sofa
There’s not a chance I’ll fall asleep
In a world that seems so broken
Falling apart, piece by piece
What goes in my mind
You know that I really cannot say
I can’t say
I think I’m sick and tired
Oh, I’m so tired
Of living the same way
Oh, the same way

Yeah like, everybody else does
As I’m standing idly by
As they head down the same pathways
As their parents, yeah, like mine
And in a few years they’ll all be free
They’re so glad and full of life
But as the time keeps pass them by
Yeah, I hope they’ll see the lies

I’ll keep on smoking on my sofa
There’s not a chance I’ll fall asleep
In a world that seems so broken
Glued together, piece by piece
What goes on in my mind
You know that I really cannot say
No, I can’t say
I think I’m sick and tired
Oh, I’m so tired
Of living the same way
Oh, the same way

As everybody else does
As I’m standing idly by
As they head down the same pathways
As their parents, just like mine
And in a few years they’ll all be free
They’re all glad, can’t see the lies
And as the time keeps pass them by
They’ll be with their men and wives
In a white middle class suburb
There’s one kid out, two more to go
And as the time keeps pass them by
Yeah, and as their children grow
I think they’ll wonder where it all went
Them good old times they once called life
And with their eyes wide open
As they’re crying to the lies

I’ll keep on smoking on my sofa
There’s not a chance I’ll fall asleep
In a world that seems so broken
Falling apart, piece by piece

Now I don’t know if it was worth it
Looking back through mirrors wide
But I remember that old promise
Of a good but not a long time