IntroVerseEverybody Wanna Change The WorldBut Nobody Ever Changed This TownTell Yourself You're Gonna Rise Above It'Til The Blacktop Pulls You DownPre-ChorusWe Got Blue Veins 'Til They Hit The KnifeAnd We Don't ChangeWho We AreWe Got Blue Veins 'Til They Hit The KnifeAnd They Bleed Red, Bleed RedChorusWhy Can't I Be More?I Don't Wanna Fight My Father's WarsBut Nothing Comes Easy Where I Come FromSo We Sweat It Out In The Concrete SunWooooaaaahhhhh'Til The Colors RunVerseI've Seen The Story Play Out BeforeOld Men, They Just Fade AwayAnd We Become What Our Fathers WereLike Soldiers Following The OrdersPut It On The Shoulders Of The Family NameIt's Who We ArePre-ChorusWe Got Blue Veins 'Til They Hit The KnifeAnd They Bleed Red, Bleed RedChorusWhy Can't I Be More?I Don't Wanna Fight My Father's WarsBut Nothing Comes Easy Where I Come FromSo We Sweat It Out In The Concrete SunWooooaaaahhhhh'Til The Colors Run~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~BridgeMaybe It's Like Axel Spins ItYou Hate It, You Hate It, And Then One Day You Miss ItFind Yourself Coming Back To Old DivisionsWhile Your Cinder Block Dream Sleeps With The FishesThought It Had Wings, You Thought You Could FlyBut Nobody Flies On The South SideYou're Just Born Here And Then You DieLoyal To The Oil In The Blacktop SkyOr Maybe It's Like Joni Says ItNothing Is Written Boy, Nothing Is SetThere's Something Brave About Staying With ItAnd Making Beauty Out Of All This Sh-But I'm A Long Way From Going The DistanceFeels More Like Dying By InchesThe Wishes And The MissesThe Poverty Of IndifferenceInstrumentalChorusWhy Can't I Be More?I Don't Wanna Fight My Father's WarsBut Nothing Comes Easy Where I Come FromSo We Sweat It Out In The Concrete SunWooooaaaahhhhh'Til The Colors Run'Til The Colors RunOutroWhy Can't I Be More?I Don't Wanna Fight My Father's WarsHummingWhistling
