LIVING IN EXILE
This song is for all the outcasts
outsider and outlaws out there tonight,
is going out to everybody whose ever been
locked up held down and kicked around.
going out to all the whitetrash out there,
all the wasted youth,
everybody thats felt like they never had a chance,
the world we live in is going straight to hell.
Fellows i know there's no where to turn...were all livin in exile.
I've been hanging on the corner,
starin' at the night sky,
and watchin' the cars drive by.
Their faces stare but they don't see me
as I think about the past and I wonder why.
A side of life they'll never see
has passed before my jaded eyes.
I'm on the outside lookin' in,
I hold the burnin' tears inside my heart.
I been runnin', I been runnin' with the hunted,
I been runnin' for my whole life. I'm in exile.
And I got nothin' but a hope inside,
in my heart where hope has died.
I been livin' in exile.
Tears and pain like a stinging rain,
have passed before my eyes. I'm in exile.
Forsaken! Forgotton! If you haven't been there,
then you'll never understand.
I've stolen, I've lied,
I've traded my pride 'cuz I never had a helping hand.
They'll steal your innocence and take away your soul.
I've stolen, I've lied,
there were time when there wasn't any place to go.
So let's go! I been runnin', I been runnin' with the hunted,
I been runnin' for my whole life. I'm in exile.
And I got nothin' but a hope inside,
in my heart where hope has died. I been livin' in exile.
Tears and pain like a stinging rain,
have passed before my eyes. I'm in exile.
How many tears have our mothers cried?
How many of my kind have died?
So I stand here to spit in your eyes,
tell you your society is nothing but lies.
They lock us up and they hold us down,
another wasted you, another dead end town.
I been waiting so long, now my hope is gone.
It seems like years since you held the baby
While I wrecked the bedroom
You said it was dangerous after Sunday
And I knew you loved me
He thinks I just became famous
And that's what messed me up
But he's wrong
How could I possibly know what I want
When I was only twenty-one?
And there's millions of people
To offer advice and say how I should be
But they're twisted
And they will never be any influence on me
But you will always be
You will always be
If I treated you mean
I really didn't mean to
But you know how it is
And how a pregnancy can change you
I see plenty of clothes that I like
But I won't go anywhere nice for a while
All I want to do is just sit here
And write it all down and rest for a while
I can't bear to be in another city
One where you are not
I would return to nothing without you
If I'm your girlfriend or not
Maybe I was mean
But I really don't think so
You asked if I'm scared
And I said so
Everyone can see what's going on
They laugh `cause they know they're untouchable
Not because what I said was wrong
It might be brave
I will live by my own policies
I will sleep with a clear conscience
I will sleep in peace
Maybe it sounds mean
But I really don't think so
You asked for the truth and I told you
Through their own words
They will be exposed
They've got a severe case of
The emperor's new clothes
The emperor's new clothes
The emperor's new clothes
The emperor's new clothes