Learnin' to Drown

Well, I been sleepin' in my car

Been movin' fast

But it seems I ain't gone far

And I can't believe

Aw, what I am

And what I used to be

I'm barely a man and livin' hard

My father killed himself

And my mother hit the bar

Well, ain't it funny?

Ain't it funny how

The world'll set you free?

I spent my whole life wonderin' why I'm down

I don't feel easy if the blues don't come around

And my face don't look right without a frown

Well, if you can't swim, you better learn to drown

Well, I been stealin' all my meals

I been gettin' by

Every time the well runs dry

I tell myself

If it don't kill me

Then I guess I'll never die

Well, I been actin' like a mule

'Cause I'd rather hear you laugh

Than to be here with my mind

And all my thoughts

Well, I guess I'll always be the laughin' fool

I spent my whole life wonderin' why I'm down

I don't feel easy if the blues don't come around

And my face don't look right without a frown

Well, if you can't swim, you better learn to drown

Well, I thought about closin' the door

And endin' it all

Like my father did before

But it ain't worth

All the people who won't see me anymore

Well, there ain't much that lasts too long

All the rights that I took wrong

All the lefts that still ain't gone

They will be here

Here in my sad bastard song

I spent my whole life wonderin' why I'm down

I don't feel easy if the blues don't come around

And my face don't look right without a frown

Well, if you can't swim, you better learn to drown