d**h Cab For Cutie - 60 & Punk lyrics

There's nothing funny about you slipping away It's nothing funny how you're spending your days But you're laughing like a kid at a carnival I watched you stumbling around this dusty town I heard your bottle talking way too loud As the Federales tried to hunt you down For something you can't remember what was about The curtain falls to applause and the band plays you off He's a superhero growing bored with no one to save anymore I used to watch you on the late night scene The timely rescue of a metal teen Six strings were strumming rhythm and lead And that hadn't occurred to me When I met you I was 22 Trying so hard to play it cool But there was so much that I needed to say And nothing came out the right way The curtain falls to applause and the band plays you off He's a superhero growing bored with no one to save anymore There's nothing elegant about being a drunk It's nothing righteous about being 60 and punk But when you're looking in the mirror do you see That kid you used to be Broke and working in a record store Daydreaming about the upcoming tour Were you happier when you poor