Then They Do Ringtones

In the early rush of morning Trying to get the kids to school One's hanging on my shirttail Another's locked up in her room And I'm yelling up the stairs Stop worrying about your hair You look fine Then they're fighting in the backseat And I'm playing referee Now someone's gotta go The moment that we leave And everybody's late I swear that I can't wait Till they grow up Then they do And that's how it is It's just quiet in the morning Can't believe how much you miss All they do And all they did You want all the dreams they dreamed of to come true Then they do Now the youngest is starting college She'll be leaving in the fall And Brianna's latest boyfriend Called to ask if we could talk And I got the impression That he's about to pop the question Any day I look over at their pictures Sitting in their frames I see them as babies I guess that'll never change You pray all their lives That some day they will find happiness Then they do And that's how it is It's just quiet in the morning Can't believe how much you miss All they do And all they did You want all the dreams they dreamed of to come true Then they do No more Monday PTAs No carpools or soccer games Your work is done Now you've got time that's all your own You've been waiting for so long For those days to come Then they do And that's how it is It's just quiet in the morning Can't believe how much you miss All they do And all they did You want all the dreams they dreamed of to come true Then they do Oh, then they do

Tied down against the tracks Screaming in silent black and white Why'd you trust us we are such villains We would tell ourselves anything We want to hear if we are willing To listen is to learn Then too much is what we deserve And how come when we say that we do We don't Pray to anybody you want We won't Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh But if we're the ones to blame then the fruit Shouldn't taste so good we were used Used to thinking we got nothing to lose We're losing everything but the truth Is walking straight into a roadblock ending left here bending Your point of view was chosen by the serpent's ruse With all its do's and don'ts The future is an empty promise Unconcerned and so tired of waiting We could sell it wooden horses Full of nightmares and when they open This all might recompose There's no going back to the good old days It's just a phase bring in some new life Archaism is a dusty road leading us back to nowhere But if we're the ones to blame then the fruit Shouldn't taste so good we were used Used to thinking we got nothing to lose We're losing everything but the truth Is walking straight into a roadblock ending left here bending Your point of view was chosen by the serpent's ruse How come when we say we do We don't How come when we say we will We won't

Godspeed, little sinner Dragged me to church to eat Jesus Christ I can be a little pessimistic I can be a little critical sometimes Can't sleep so you whisper Now I see through all those little lies But I didn't know better But now I get it I'm sorry that I made you cry Those times the cops came by Mom, I tried (Mom, I tried) They fuck you up, your parents do They may not mean to, but they do They may not mean to, but they do So, they fuck you up, your parents do They may not mean to, but they do They may not mean to, but they do Didn't raise no quitter I'm still hooked, and I think it'll kill me too Caught myself in the mirror And for a second I'd swear that it was you Saw me, Mister Sinner Didn't miss one game the entire time Didn't care about the winner Doesn't matter as long as you got your pride I know we fight I know they were right They were right They fuck you up, your parents do They may not mean to, but they do They may not mean to, but they do So, they fuck you up, your parents do Do as I say that, not as I do "When I was your age, I was just like you" So, did you love too much? Or was it not enough? You know, they're not to blame Because you're all fucked up Those kids will be the death of you They were so sweet, but then they grew And now they're fucked up just like you Go They fuck you up, your parents do They fuck you up, they fuck you up They may not mean to, but they do They may not mean to, but they do So, they fuck you up, your parents do They fuck you up, they fuck you up "I love you, son" "Yeah, I love you too" "When I grow up, yeah, I think just like you"