My Car, Heat Lightning

If you wanna scatter then go,
and sleep the sleep of the defeated
but I'm gonna put camera's in his office
make sure history ain't repeated
I'll dig no graves for my freedoms
I'll drink no poison from my rivers
Cuz tho I am a low man
I'm trying to get high
And tho I am an angel
I still pray at night that I won't die
In a textbook I found paintings of hell
Only fair-haired germans burning, screaming, "How typical!"
I still remember the day I learned that I could only be a man
If I was good at football
I buy no tickets
cuz stowing away is free
and Why should I pay money
to cross my own damn sea
Cuz tho I am born here
I remember growing up there
So why do I live in a town
where its still radical to have long hair?
I'm a quiet mouse under lock & key
place me in a maze and try to find me
I smell like water, and scream for freedom
nothings ever good enough for little ol' me
I'll suffer no fools
they suffer enough for both of us
I'll give up no ghosts
they're the only things I can call my own
cuz tho I am notoriously unkind
I'm trying to be nice
and tho we all have our share of problems
I think we'll be just fine

And if you can forgive me girl,
thats one less grain of sadness in this filthy old world