Nellie McKay - Inner Peace Lyrics
In high school it was cool to sayyou look funnyyou're a retard dummya retarded dummyyeah you suck out of luckyou're no Playboy bunnyhee heeso you laugh, it's a gasthey're right on the moneythey're just being funny, hysterically funnyyeah i'm stupid it's truenow can we be chummy?MaybeBut then it hits you, then it kicks youthen you realize you're not uniqueand you ignore it, you implore itjust to let you turn the other cheekdon't wanna think about the schools in Bosniadon't wanna sing about food in SomaliaI don't need this, I don't see thisall I want is inner peaceGraduate but too latecollege will just hurt yousoon they'll all desert youget your just desserts youall essays MLA format they'll convert youCould they?so you try it's like pieget just more alert youthey'll not try to hurt youonly you can hurt youso you say, so you playthey would not subvert youWould they?But then it hits you, then it kicks youthen you realize you're not uniqueand you ignore it, you implore itjust to let you get on through the weekdon't wanna think about the new armed forcesdon't wanna sing about no carriage horsesI don't need this, I don't see thisall I want is inner peaceYou pretend it's the endah yes I'm all grown nowuh-huh I'm at home nowfool, you're never home noweven this laugh'll passgo answer your phone nowyou'll seesee I told you you're oldnow you're all alone nowlook ma how I've grown nowain't you proud I'm grown nowlook this head is all deadsee how much you've done nowYou *****But then it hits you, then it kicks youthen you realize you're not uniqueand you ignore it, you implore itjust to let you find the “om” you seekdon't wanna think about the fall electionsdon't wanna sing about no vivisectionI don't need this, I don't see thisall I want is inner peaceinner peace
