cheerios

Daddy's on the porch, first pack's in the ashtray

It's fifteen past, class started right at 8

And Miss Johnson knows why I'm not there

All that's in the fridge is Wonder Bread and mayonaise

Wonder if he knows Saturday's my birthday

Even if he did, he wouldn't care

Wasn't coke in his sonic cup

Never knew him never drunk

It's kinda sad when your hero's

Faced down in his cheerios

I know which footsteps mean I gotta lock the door

Screamin' that he's sorry like it's somethin' I ain't heard before

I know when to put a shot in his coffee

I shoulda been a kid, but he robbed me

Wasn't coke in his sonic cup

Never knew him never drunk

It's kinda sad when your hero's

Faced down in his cheerios

Had to grow up way too fast

Take a school bus from hell and back

I wanna be mad, but then he goes

Faced down in his cheerios

And for sixteen years, he passed out the couch

So I put him to bed and I picked up the house

And I wish I could say that he's clean and he's changed

But I washed my hands and his still shake

Wasn't coke in his sonic cup

Never knew him never drunk

It's kinda sad when your hero's

Faced down in his cheerios

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