the matthew show

Lyrics

You're like a bad boyfriend, you know
You tell me you love me, then you push me away
After all the things I've done to show
That I see all your beauty, that I want to stay

Your darkness it never clears up
An infection that won't heal
You won't take your medicine, never would
I should have given up long, long ago

CHORUS 1:
I've known it as long as I've lived
And I've lived it so long I can't believe I'm still here
You take from the ones who would give
Texas is trying to kill me
Texas is trying to kill me
And all the money you save
Only pays for your grave
Texas is trying to kill me
And oh god I fear
One day it will

The good prince of peace has no sway here
The devil wears white and he screams on the AM
In the pulpits bold Mammon rings clear
The children they shake in their classrooms

You don't give a damn for your people
I learned it so long ago
Yeah, you drove me away, but I came back
Now the klaxons are blaring once more

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Oh, what beautiful nights
The music poured over a heavenly dome of stars
The smiling friends at the bar
The people who know who you are
The mountains of mystery
Darkened by history
Nothing new under the sun

I pulled the wool over my eyes
To unsee that which I recognized
A feeling familiar as breath
The boot of the brutes pressing into my neck

The throngs that pour over your borders
They don't yet know what I know
What you've taught me since I was a baby
What is plain once you've buried your hope

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