Men I Never Knew

All the words in the dictionary
 Float above our heads
 Wanting just to be spoken
 But not knowing where to land
 And cigarettes will be the ones who
 Keep your lips company while I'm
 Far away and living away in cities
 With nothing to my name
 It's simple
 I'm certain
 Here's to the men who died
 In a war when our fathers were boys
 And to the man I never knew
 Who gave birth to my mother
 It's simple
 I'm certain
 These circles keep working
 And I could learn a thing or two
 So could you, so could you
 I could learn a thing or two
 So could you, so could you
 And the worms are drinking and dancing
 Feasting on the bone
 And someday my body will go down
 It will be theirs instead of yours
 It's simple
 I'm certain
 These circles keep working
 And I could learn a thing or two
 So could you, so could you
 And I could learn a thing or two
 So could you, so could you