Before the Lobotomy

Dreamin' I was only dreamin' Of another place and time Where my family's from Singin' I can hear them singin' When the rain had washed away All these scattered dreams Dyin' Everyone's reminded Hearts are washed in misery Drenched in gasoline Laughter There is no more laughter Songs of yesterday now live In the underground Whoo, ooh-ooh Life before the lobotomy Christian sang the eulogy Signed, "My love, a lost memory From the end of the century" Well, it's enough to make you sick To cast a stone and throw a brick But when the sky is falling down You burned your dreams into the ground Christian's lesson's what he's been sold (hey!) We are normal and self-controlled (hey!) Remember to learn to forget (hey!) Whiskey shots and cheap cigarettes Well, I'm not stoned, I'm just fucked up I got so high I can't stand up Well, I'm not cursed, 'cause I've been blessed I'm not in love, 'cause I'm a mess Like refugees (ooh) We're lost like refugees (ooh) Like refugees (ooh) We're lost like refugees (ooh) The brutality Of reality Is the freedom that keeps me from Dreamin' I was only dreamin' Of another place and time Where my family's from Singin' I can hear them singin' When the rain had washed away All these scattered dreams Dyin' Everyone's reminded Hearts are washed in misery Drenched in gasoline Laughter There is no more laughter Songs of yesterday now live In the underground