West Side Story

Tried to get the audience out from inside my head

And the things you say are beautiful, but they don’t make very much sense

From the day that I was born, they took me for all that I had

And I let them

‘Cause they let me in

I'm so weak, I can barely hold this instrument

I wanna do whatever you wanna do

I wanna make fun of cops with you

You went on tour and I went on medication

I’ve been stuck in this waiting room and they’re telling me to stay patient

So, I’ll close my eyes and I’ll sing this song for you

Celebrate with a joint or two

And a new backyard tattoo

And think of the time that we spent watching x-files in your living room

I wanna do whatever you wanna do

I wanna find every truth with you

And it all comes down to the knowledge that we’re gonna die

Find comfort in that or be scared for the rest of your life

So, I sing and I scream and I strum and I try to help out

’Til I can build a little house

That the government doesn’t know about

But I’d rather be right here than anywhere else, right now

I wanna do whatever you wanna do

I wanna watch the empire fall with you

And it’s fucking with me that you didn’t see

That it wasn’t them and it was always me who knew too much

And I’m no storyteller the way you are

I’m just an angry kid who got given a guitar

But how dare you say that I’m too young

To know that the ticket prices are going up

And the trains still aren’t on time

And the thugs that patrol the lines are the reason I’ll never pay my fines

And prescription prices are going up

And we’re not making any more money

Tony’s wallet’s getting heavy

Gina, your stomach is far from empty

And it’s too many in my mind

And now I’m living on the west side

You say

Breathe it in, breathe it out

You don’t know what you’re talking about

And it’s eating away at my insides

And now I’m living on the west side

And my mother says I’ve gotten thin

Don’t wanna see you for a couple of years

But yours is a funeral I’d fly to from anywhere