just the thought

of our bed

makes me crumble like the plaster

where you punched the wall beside my bed

and I try

to draw the line

but it ends up running down the middle of me

most of the time



boys get locked up in some prison

girls get locked up in some house

and it don't matter if it's a warden

or a lover

or a spouse

you just can't talk to 'em

you just can't reason

you just can't leave

and you just can't please 'em



I was locked

into being my mother's daughter

I was just eating bread and water

thinking

nothing ever changes

and I was shocked

to see the mistakes of each generation

will just fade like a radio station

if you drive out of range



If you're not angry

you're just stupid

or you don't care

how else can you react

when you know

something's so unfair

the men of the hour

can kill half the world in war

make them slaves to a super power

and let them die poor



I was locked

into being my mother's daughter

I was just eating bread and water

thinking

nothing ever changes

and I was shocked

to see the mistakes of each generation

will just fade like a radio station

if you drive out of range



just the thought

of our bed

makes me crumble like the plaster

where you punched the wall beside my bed

and I try

to draw the line

but it ends up running down the middle of me

most of the time



baby I love you

that's why I'm leaving

there's no talking to you

and there's no pleasing you

and I care enough

that I'm mad

that half the world don't even know

what they could have had



I was locked

into being my mother's daughter

I was just eating bread and water

thinking

nothing ever changes

and I was shocked

to see the mistakes of each generation

will just fade like a radio station

if you drive out of range