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lyrics
YOU ARE NOT YOUR OWN
lincoln married jessie in the winter of ’03
he was a skinny kid, they called it charity
and he might’ve gone out on her
and she might’ve done the same
but then soon enough you know a child came
so their house got a little louder
and their days got a little long
and they got annoyed by stupid things like songs
but he sensed that she was brighter
and she knew that he was strong
and in the end there wasn’t really nothing wrong
hey sing about it, you are not your own
hey sing about it, you are not your own
kenny was 15 with greasy hair and a greasy smile
in the lamest town within 100 miles
with a target and a subway
not a single record store
yeah, his parents couldn’t ask for nothing more
so one new year’s eve with a couple friends
just sitting around
in the basement with the tv counting down
they didn’t have a single
firecracker for to blow
so at midnight they just lay down in the road
with the stars singing...
hey sing about it, you are not your own
hey sing about it, you are not your own
carol took a pair of pills for every kid she’d raised
now they cycle through on holidays
with their kids and all their kisses
and their tools to fix tvs
always staying barely long enough to leave
summer’s air conditioning was yellowing her lawn
when carol heard the doorbell ringing on
it was the kid who brought her paper
said they’re discontinuing
“so this final bill is all that i can bring”
so on sunday...
the best day...
the lord’s day...
heavy late edition curled tightly in her fist
carol crosses where the signal is
but the paper’s slick with adverts
so it slips out of her hands
to the pavement like a fish stuck in the sand
and there go the cars’ impatient idling...
and there go the corner kids mumbling...
and there goes the signal changing back again...
hey sing about it, you are not your own
hey, sing about it, you are not your own
The Australian folk-pop singer tackles deconstruction, her Christian childhood, and sexuality on her infectious sophomore album. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 14, 2023