Noose Dressed Like a Necklace Songtext
von Kevin Devine

A Cadillac drives down my street
A bead of sweat rolling slow down a palm line
I see a bumper sticker, I see a bearded man
I see a wanted sign, I see a myth we′ve made to scare our fears away
A slogan that we slap on all our misdirected hate
A muddy symbol meant to mitigate our pain
But just because we shot him doesn't mean
We should′ve been there in the first place

Well, anyway
I don't know where he's gonna park that thing


But one has nothing to do with the other
The one has nothing to do with the other
Nothing at all
The neighborhood drunk lines up at the deli
With his shaky hands and swollen face he waits for his coffee
He blacks out curbside every night
Then every day crawls back towards Wall Street
So I don′t see it like it′s us and them
I just see everybody working for that same eternal weekend
We drone on and on and on and don't get close to what we wanted
Heavy legs two steps behind some forever dangling carrot
Well, I′m so, so tired of it
And who's to say that we can′t just fucking change it?

Oh, they want you to whistle while you work
They want you to whistle while you work your life away
Oh, they want you to whistle while you work
They expect you to whistle while you work your life away
What do you say? What do you say? What do we say?

Well, I know it seems dramatic
But I treat it like a crisis
From the office to the coffin
From time to time wasted
And that weight against your throat
Is that a noose dressed like a necklace?
Cause you clearly couldn't tell the difference
Show me what′s the difference
Come on, show me what's the difference
Well, either way I say let's not take no more chances

Cause I don′t know where he′s gonna park that thing
Oh, I don't know where he′s gonna park that thing, yeah
No, I don't know where he′s gonna park that thing

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