Boy on a Broken Block
Shuffles his backpack
Wears it backwards, on his front
So his books won't hurt his back
And I don't need protecting
But I sure could use a friend
So let's all pick out our nicknames
And pretend we haven't met
And it's all so frightening to say
Found a letter to myself on my doorstep yesterday
From 10 to 21, look what I have done.
In the silence
And the pauses
All the failures
All the losses
The Performer
The Conformer
Do what they want
Believe what they say
Who am I today?
I'm on a different block
I check my mailbox
I'm not the same boy
I'm changing all the locks
The dead leaves haven't fallen
So my feet don't make a sound
And this could be the moment
When I turn it all around
And it's not so frightening to say
I wrote 'Return to Sender' on that letter yesterday
It's not so frightening to say
I wrote 'Return to Sender' on that letter yesterday
I wrote 'Return to Sender' on that letter yesterday
I wrote 'Return to Sender' on that letter yesterday
Who am I today?
credits
from the American Way EP,
released June 12, 2016
Music and Lyrics by John Schmitt and Chris Ayer
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