Just Like Them

father's a lonely man in a crowded room.

he keeps to himself and he never lets anyone know.

its a part of his heritage-his father was that way too.

and mother cant understand why he died so soon.

but he's still alive-he's still got his mind-and thats all he needs-to get by.

dont wonder why.

youre gonna be jsut like them. a boy i knew was too low to tie his own shoes.

we couldnt tell him what was dirt and what was a bruise.

he's got a gun now-he's got nothing to lose.

(you live without love for too long, it might happen to you).

but now he's got a home where he's not alone, and people care-he knows theyy do-he saw his picture on the evening news.

take a look at yourself. do you like what you see?

the things that you feel arent the things you were taught to believe.

you had your inoculations as a child, so you wont go crazy-but youll never go wild-isnt that what you want?

you wanna go wild...wild...wild.

now you feel like a lonely man in a crowded room. you tell me nobody really cares-well how 'bout you?

see, theres a man with his hand on the button out there, saying,

in his life no one ever cared-so why should he care?

why? dont wonder why. youre gonna be jsut like them.

dont wonder why.

youre gonna be just like them. i'll never be just like them.