Standard (EADGBE)

Shake and stir yourself into a bad excuse,

 a half-hearted 'fuck you'

Imagine all the nowhere places we'd have been,

 my cynicism aside and let me try

To turn these awful words

into a cure not a curse

'Cause I'm still drawn by the kids in the corners

 Those lovely angels, alone on benches

 Still making pleas to the kid whose clothes don't fit

or hasn't found himself just yet

 let alone the chance to love

You cross them off your list

This shit is piling up hand over fist

Got caught standing bored by the sidewalk

Tried to turn the offer to a punk rock stage

Got caught standing bored by the sidewalk

They cut and run at such a tender aagggeee