You declared you
would be three
inches taller
You only became
what we made you
Thought you were
chasing a destiny
calling
You only earned
what we gave you
You fell and cried
as our people
were starving
Now you know
that we blame you
You tried to walk
on the trail
we were carving
Now you know
that we framed you
I'm the guy in the sky
flying high, flashing
eyes, no surprise
I told lies, I'm the
punk in the gutter
I'm the new president
and I grew and I bent
Don't you know?
Don't it show?
I'm the punk
with the stutter
My my my my my
gen-er-a-tion
My my my my my
g-g-gen-er-a-tion
We tried to speak
between lines
of oration
You could only repeat
what we told you
Your axe belongs
to a dying nation
they don't know
that we own you
You're watching movies
trying to find the feelers
you only see what
we show you
We're the slaves
of the phony leaders
breathe the air
we have blown you
I'm the guy in the sky
flying high, flashing
eyes, no surprise
I told lies, I'm the
punk in the gutter
I'm the new president
and I grew and I bent
Don't you know?
Don't it show?
I'm the punk
with the stutter
My my my my my
gen-er-a-tion
My my my my my
g-g-gen-er-a-tion
I have to be careful
not to preach
I can't pretend that
I can teach
And yet I lived
your future out
by pounding stages
like a clown
And on the dance floor
broken glass
and bloody faces
slowly pass
The numbered seats
in empty rows
it all belongs to me
you know...
You declared you
would be three
inches taller
You only became
what we made you
Thought you were
chasing a destiny
calling
You only earned
what we gave you
You fell and cried
as our people
were starving
Now you know
that we blame you
You tried to walk
on the trail
we were carving
Now you know
that we framed you
I'm the guy in the sky
flying high, flashing
eyes, no surprise
I told lies, I'm the
punk in the gutter
I'm the new president
and I grew and I bent
Don't you know?
Don't it show?
I'm the punk
with the stutter
My my my my my
gen-er-a-tion
My my my my my
g-g-gen-er-a-tion
My my my my my
g-g-gen-er-a-tion
My my my my my
g-g-gen-er-a-tion