From Crib To Coffin

I used to be a better man
 But the regret came, and here I am
 I used to walk outside my door
 But I don't go outside anymore
 When will they carry me to my grave
 So I can pay for the things my hands have made
 Two sons will take my body and place it in the ground
 And I hope they know to be nothing like me
 No, nothing like me
 My blood is tainted with bitterness
 I want it out, I want it out of me
 Oh, the taste of my inheritance
 How I have fallen, the hills will cover me
 You too will become weak
 The trees are green what happens when they turn dry
 The trees are green what happens when they turn dry
 We chose our words and threw them towards the sky
 The trees were green, now they've all turned dry
 (There was a bird
 Whose wings were crushed
 By a windshield
 So fast to the ground
 The roadside it found
 As it's eyes closed
 I heard the driver say
 As she pulled away
 "What could I have done?
 The worst is over."
 I thought to myself
 With risk to our health
 No one ever offers help)
 And there was a bird
 Whose wings were crushed
 By a windshield
 So fast to the ground
 The roadside it found
 As it's eyes closed
 I heard the driver say
 As she pulled away
 "What could I have done?
 The worst is over."
 I thought to myself
 With risk to our health
 No one ever offers help
 When we were boys
 We chased through neighbors' fields
 We could run forever
 And I swore to my friends
 Their lives I'd defend
 As a superhero
 But age finds the lust
 And gives it your trust
 And begs your devotion in trade for discretion
 The years play out as days
 As those friends pass away
 But you are taken care of
 There's always television
 (Television)
 (Just crawl inside
 Just crawl inside
 Just crawl inside
 Just crawl inside
 The hearse)