The Cause

Walking to the liquor store to buy a lighter
 Talking to me, 1969
 And things that people glorify are fucked up
 Free love, free drugs
 Charlie and the Hollywood five
 You always said that the Chelsea was the heart of the gold rush
 But you left New York for bigger and better stuff
 And how could I ever be enough?
 How I could ever-, how I could ever-
 You believe in whatever you want
 How could I ever-, how I could ever-
 Oh-oh
 Oh-oh
 Oh-oh-oh, whoa-oh, oh
 Oh-oh
 Could've been a poet in a hotel lobby
 I'm just sleeping with your college degree
 Wouldn't call you "lover" 'cause it's loaded
 I had more to say, but you were louder than me
 Hopeless wordsmith, I wanted something honest
 And you spoke with conviction, I started singing along
 But I was always smaller than the cause
 How I could ever-, how I could ever-
 How could I ever be enough?
 How could I ever-, how could I ever-
 Oh-oh, oh-oh
 Oh-oh-oh, whoa-oh, oh
 Oh-oh, oh-oh
 Oh-oh-oh, whoa-oh, oh
 How could I ever be enough?
 How could I ever-, how could I ever-
 How could I ever be enough?
 How could I ever-, how could I ever-
 How could I ever-, how could I ever-
 How could I ever-, how could I ever-
 You believe in whatever you want
 And I'll always be jealous, I'll always be faithless
 And I'll always be smaller, I'll always be smaller than the cause
 Oh-oh
 Oh-oh
 Hm-mm, hm-mm-mm
 Hm-mm