Punk

I declared I would be three inches taller

I only became what you made me.

Thought I were chasing a destiny calling

I only earned what you gave me.

You fell and cried as the people were starving,

I only know that you blame me.

Tried to walk on the trail you were carving,

I only know that you framed me.

I'm the guy in the sky

Flying high Flashing eyes

No surprise I told lies

I'm the punk in the gutter

I'm the new president

But I grew and I bent

Don't you know? don't it show?

I'm the punk with the stutter.

My my my my my mmmm my my my.

GGGGG-g-g-g-g generation.

I tried to speak between lines of oration

Could only repeat what you told me.

My axe belongs to a dying nation,

They don't know that you own me.

I'm watching movies trying to find the feelers,

Only see what you show me.

You're the slaves of the phony leaders

Breathe the air you have blown me.

I'm the guy in the sky

Flying high Flashing eyes

No surprise I told lies

I'm the punk in the gutter

I'm the new president

But I grew and I bent

Don't you know? don't it show?

I'm the punk with the stutter.

My my my my my mmmm my my my.

GGGGG-g-g-g-g generation.

I have to be careful not to preach

I can't pretend that I can teach,

And yet I've lived your future out

By pounding stages like a clown.

And on the dance floor broken glass,

The bloody faces slowly pass,

The numbered seats in empty rows,

It all belongs to me you know.

I declared I would be three inches taller

I only became what you made me.

Thought I were chasing a destiny calling

I only earned what you gave me.

You fell and cried as the people were starving,

I only know that you blame me.

Tried to walk on the trail you were carving,

I only know that you framed me.

I'm the guy in the sky

Flying high Flashing eyes

No surprise I told lies

I'm the punk in the gutter

I'm the new president

But I grew and I bent

Don't you know? don't it show?

I'm the punk with the stutter.