My Whole Life Is Over (All Over Again)

Summer has surrendered
The boys are back in town
The kids are going crazy
The deal is going down
And I'd have to be a liar
To say you never cross my mind
'Cause I thought of you a shit-ton
When I was doing time

I got beat down by the system
I got picked up by my folks
I got drunk instead of crying
It's my favorite little hoax
This year the poetry was sloppy
This year everybody died
America the beautiful
God's no longer on your side

I finally got it where I want it
And there's no need to pretend
And my whole life is over
All over again

Well, love is still the answer
To a question never posed
All dressed up for the let-down
In a dirty pair of clothes
I fell in love so many times
Today and no one knew but me
I'm a terrible secret-keeper
When there's secrets I must keep

So if I tell you one, please promise
As I promise this to you
That a promise is a freak show
And I'm a freak show too
And freaks, though sometimes kept
And put upon display
Are often also broken
In their funny little way

Finally got it where I want it
And there's no need to pretend
And my whole life is over
All over again

So roll another number
'Cause what else can you do
When there's a pistol of opinions
And it's pointed right at you?
Though I never see it coming
And feel foolish in the dark
Oh, my eyes will often wander
Till I know it in my heart

Oh, my mind is full of games
And I haven't got the touch
I think I don't know anything
I know I think too much
And it's a good fight that I'm fighting
But God knows what I'm fighting for
The kind of battle hymns I've written
Have all been sung before

Finally got it where I want it
And there's no need to pretend
And my whole life is over
All over again

And my whole life is over
All over again