From crib to coffin

<p>[Verse 1]<br/>I used to be a better man<br/>But the regret came, and here I am<br/>I used to walk outside my door<br/>But I don&#x27;t go outside anymore<span><br/><br/>[Verse 2]<br/>When will they carry me to my grave<br/>So I can pay for the things my hands have made<span><br/>Two sons will take my body and place it in the ground<br/>And I hope they know to be nothing like me<br/>No, nothing like me<span><br/><br/>[Verse 3]<br/>My blood is tainted with bitterness<br/>I want it out, I want it out of me<br/>Oh, the taste of my inheritance<br/>How I have fallen, the hills will cover me<br/>You too will become weak<br/>You too will become weak<span><br/>[Pre-Chorus]<br/>The trees are green what happens when they turn dry<span><br/>The trees are green what happens when they turn dry<br/>We chose our words and threw them towards the sky<br/>The trees were green, now they&#x27;ve all turned dry<br/><br/>[Chorus]<br/>(There was a bird<br/>Whose wings were crushed<br/>By a windshield<br/>So fast to the ground<br/>The roadside it found<br/>As it&#x27;s eyes closed<br/>I heard the driver say<br/>As she pulled away<br/>&quot;What could I have done?<br/>The worst is over.&quot;<br/>I thought to myself<br/>With risk to our health<br/>No one ever offers help<br/>No one ever offers help<br/>No one ever offers help<br/>No one ever offers help)<span><br/><br/>[Chorus]<br/>And there was a bird<br/>Whose wings were crushed<br/>By a windshield<br/>So fast to the ground<br/>The roadside it found<br/>As it&#x27;s eyes closed<br/>I heard the driver say<br/>As she pulled away<br/>&quot;What could I have done?<br/>The worst is over.&quot;<br/>I thought to myself<br/>With risk to our health<br/>No one ever offers help<br/>[Chorus 2]<br/>When we were boys<br/>We chased through neighbors&#x27; fields<br/>We could run forever<br/>And I swore to my friends<br/>Their lives I&#x27;d defend<br/>As a superhero<span><br/>But age finds the lust<br/>And gives it your trust<br/>And begs your devotion in trade for discretion<span><br/>The years play out as days<br/>As those friends pass away<br/>But you&#x27;re taken care of<br/>There&#x27;s always television<span><br/>(Television)<br/><br/>[Outro]<br/>(Just crawl inside<br/>Just crawl inside<br/>Just crawl inside<br/>Just crawl inside<br/>The hearse)<span>