Make Your Mama Proud

Emily shrugs and drags her heels as she takes the guided tour
It seemed like such an amazing deal
When she was looking at the brochure

Stuck on a bus with strangers
Wishing she could be ay home
With me poor little emily
How does it feel to be free?

Lyin' in bed
The pain in my head
From running around all day
Tryin' to find what was rightfully mine
But i ran out of things to say

Runnin' around with strangers
Wishing she could run away with me..
Poor little emily,
How does it feel to be free

From familiar fingertips
To a persecuted grip?
From the pan into the fire
Now a thread becomes a wire
Under which you must crawl
Through a ditch and over the wall

Emily works her fingers
Right down to her aching bones
While my aching head's got me stuck
In bed working on being alone

Working around the clock
Wishing she had worked it out with me
Poor little emily
How does it feel to be free?
Poor little emily
How does it feel to be free?
Poor little emily
How does it feel to be free?

Peel me off a fiver
That stack looks pretty thick
Money takes some time to make
We spend it all too quick
And i'll try to remember
That this is just a lender

Chorus
Till i'm on my feet back
In the car
I won't forget who my friends are
You were always there
When i needed you
I can be there, too

Loan me fifteen dollars
My wallet's gettin' thin
My rent is due
And i know that you have recently come in
To a large amount of money
Hey man, can you make that 20?

Chorus

Hey haven't you heard,
Didn't you know?
I cleaned up six weeks ago
I'm on the straight and narrow track
And i can't pay you back..

Chorus

Oh, hey how ya doin'?
No, i did not forget
I promised i would pay you back
But i ain't got it yet
And you don't have to sweat it,
I'll call you when i get it

When i'm on my feet back
In the car i won't forget who my friends are
I'm on the straight and narrow track
I'll remember to pay you back
You were always there when i needed you
I can be there, too

Amy's going out with john
Now she's dating paul
Paul was dating kelsey
And kelsey used to go out with me
After i broke up with amy

Everybody's had, everybody's had everybody
Everybody's had, everybody's had everybody once or twice

Hey, you better watch what you say
People love to talk, people love to gossip
Everbody's going around
It's a hungry town, it's a leaky faucet

Everybody knows, everybody's heard what you said
Everybody knows, everybody's heard what you said
Everybody knows, everybody's heard what you said
Everybody knows, everybody's heard what you said

It's a boomerang

Ridin' round and round
In my car i can't afford to go very far
It needs a new transmission and new brakes

Parking tickets
I cannot pay
They're gonna have to tow me away
Tow me away
'cause i can't afford to drive

Chorus
We're outta groceries again
Ain't got no money to spend
The credit card is maxed out
So let's get high
'cause it's raining all the time
And the rain's been seeping through my mind
But i get by

I've got a nasty rash on my rocker
I can't afford to go see the doctor
I know i'll be all right in a couple of weeks

Happy hour,
That's where we're meeting
Eat for free as long as you're drinking
Hey that ain't no problem
For you and me

Chorus 2 times

Yeah i'm all right it's all right

Altamont, now, won't be the same
When we see each other again
If it all falls apart, who is to blame?

Don't you think it's time to get real?
I want to scream out the way i feel
I'm so tired of watching you bail..

Chorus
Hey, don't try to tell me it's okay
Don't turn me off and walk away
You've gotta say it's straight

Close the door,
But it won't go away
Tell me that it's at your control
I'm not waiting for you anymore

Chorus

Altamont, i'm on your side
Believe it or not i'm on your side
It's so hard to be your friend sometimes

Chorus

You'd better say it's straight....

Telephone calls
Apartment a is at it again
Paper thin walls
She's been sleeping around with other men
And other women
But right about now her head is swimming
He's breakin' up the furniture
Screamin' and a yellin'
About to beat the hell outta her

Chorus 1
Television ringin' in my ear
I've been thinkin'
Haven't had a break in 20 years
I've been drinkin'

Telephone calls
Insanity is just another ring away
I get the paper
Take a look at it every single day
Another episode
Another life flushed down the camode(spelling?)
We're all carrying such a heavy load
I get no slack
It's breakin' my back

Chorus 2
Television ringin' in my ear, i've been drinkin'
Haven't had a break in 20 years
I've been thinkin' get me out of here..
'til the coast is clear

Television ringin'in my ear, i've been thinkin'
Haven't had a break in 20 years
I keep drinkin' television ringin' in my ear,
I keep drinkin' liquor, wine, and beer
I've been thinkin'
Get me out of here
I've been thinkin'..

I was wondering how you're feeling
I thought i saw you kneeling
And holding your gut last night
It looked like you were praying
But i heard someone saying
You had been in an awful fight
You get the worst of it everytime
Lashing out with no reason or rhyme
To lose all this rage, at so tender an age
Little baby growing up in a rat cage

Chorus 1:
Are you ready for the fallout?
Who you gonna call out?
When does it finally come to blows?
I think that you're forgetting
The blood that you'll be letting
Has a price on it, no one knows
You may be suffering in your sleep
You may be getting in too deep
And you may not care for advice that i share
In one ear and out the other

Chorus 2:
Soon you will learn how to swallow a tear
So when you're old you can cry in your beer
Do you spit at the face staring back in the mirror?
Do you have any self respect?

Chorus 2

Well what the hell did you expect?

Chorus 1

Are you ready for the fallout?
Who you gonna call out?