מילים לשיר Let's Not Shit Ourselves – Bright Eyes

While the animals laugh from the dark of the wilderness
A baby cries hard in an apartment complex
As I pass in a car buried under the influence
The citys driving me outof my mind Ive seen a child hes caught
In the sad trap of gravity
He falls from the lowest
Branch of the apple tree And lands in the grass
And weeps for his dignity
Next time he will not aim so high
Yeah, next time neither will I Now, a mother takes loans out
Sends her kids off to colleges
Her familys reduced
To names on a shopping list While a coroner kneels
Beneath the great wooden crucifix
He knows theres worse things than being
Alone. And so Ive learned to retreat
At the first sign of danger
I mean, why wait around if
Its just to surrender And ambition Ive found
Can lead only to failure
I do not read the reviews
No I am not singing for you
(Woo) Well I stood droppin a coin
Into the pit of a well
And I would throw my whole billfold
If I thought it would help With all these wishes I make
I should buy something real
At least a telephone
Call home Well my teachers they built
This retaining wall of memory
All those multiple choices
I answered so quickly And got my grades back
And forgot just as easily
But at least I got an A
And so I dont have them to blame Well I should stop pointing fingers
Reserve my judgment
Of all those public action figures
And cowboy presidents
So loud behind the bullSo proud they cant admit
When theyve made a mistake While poison ink spews
From a speech writers pen
He knows he d.