Standard (EADGBE)

Verse 1

I grew up blind

just like everyone's child

in the warmth of milk and deceit

smothered by love and the chemical dust

there was never enough to believe

Bridge

They chewed me up

they spat me out

of their system and onto their street

and the rest of my life was spent to forget

all the greatness that could never be

Chorus

 Oh beautiful town

 I remember you blacker than the night

 the whores and the sick mouths

 the bad taste and the neon lights

 Oh beautiful town,

 where are you now with your binge insecurities?

 I shot you down beautiful town

 because you tear your children

 into pieces

Verse 2

Absence twisted with fondness

is the horror I couldn't forget

programmed into great art

of family, lies and debts

Bridge 2

too much expectation

followed by hope and then hate in the mess

and the rest of my life was a glorious test

of my will and my selfish neglect

Chorus

 Oh beautiful town

 I remember you blacker than the night

 the whores and the sick mouths

 the bad taste and the neon lights

 Oh beautiful town,

 where are you now with your binge insecurities?

 I shot you down beautiful town

 because you tear your children

 into pieces

Verse 3

On the floor boards under insolent feet

I mapped the hopscotch to my parents retreat

with a lavender bag in my hand

and words of desperation on my tongue

Bridge 3

goodnight father, goodnight mother

 Are you still awake?