[ti:I Played Drums On This]
[ar:Family of the Year]
[al:Songbook]
[offset:1]
[00:16.35]In the winter when I was eight
[00:22.56]I rode from state to state
[00:25.98]Listening to The Summer of 69
[00:32.22]My brother he sang it, my daddy he drove
[00:36.53]Through the hills of long-forgotten families
[00:40.06]And broken down old homes
[00:43.03]My brother played me cool music
[00:46.62]So I threw out my old tapes
[00:50.84]My childhood stashed up deep and attached
[00:54.20]To my big brother′s place
[00:57.29]Years ago he was my hero and like
[01:00.27]That gets us to the night we went
[01:03.45]We caught bugs, bright light stars, in tight-lidded jars
[01:10.27]But I grew out of it
[01:18.21]The brighter they are, the faster they burn
[01:22.74]Oh, big brother you never did learn
[01:25.63]You strangled all your options
[01:29.16]You sucked out all their breath
[01:32.50]Ken, you’re high as a kite and you’re as low as they get
[01:53.77]You came to the west coast
[01:56.78]On a Sunday
[01:58.48]Robbed dear daddy blind
[02:01.11]Tried to board a train back home
[02:03.92]Sold your pass for cheap white lines
[02:07.28]Daddy came and picked you up
[02:09.76]The car was quiet then
[02:13.75]His head hung like a white flag
[02:15.72]On Monday you did it all again
[02:20.19]The brighter they are, the faster they burn
[02:30.71]Oh, big brother you never did learn
[02:33.94]You strangled all your options
[02:37.41]You sucked out all their breath
[02:40.82]Ken, you’re high as a kite and you’re as low as they get
[02:47.93]And in between the fighting
[02:49.69]The pressure of yourself
[02:51.45]The promise to get better stacked up on a dusty shelf
[02:54.72]You miss the point completely
[02:56.82]Self fulfill your sabotage
[02:58.29]Father taught you how to fish
[03:00.16]Instead you ate the fish he caught
[03:01.82]The brighter they are, the faster they burn
[03:12.03]Oh, big brother you never did learn
[03:15.47]You strangled all your options
[03:18.61]You sucked out all their breath
[03:22.12]Yeah, you’re high as a kite
[03:28.96]The brighter you are, the faster you burn
[03:40.18]Big brother you never did learn
[03:42.56]You strangled all your loved ones
[03:45.98]You sucked out all our breath
[03:49.76]Ken, you’re high as a kite and you’re as low as they get