The Austerity Program - Song 36 lyrics

Carolyn comes back from the bar She's not steady but oh She's ready to go She knows that gasoline will settle What the bourbon never can Covers the basement and soaks the attic floor Kids are with her mother and there Isn't any other soul To see her as she's coming down the stairs Take her name out of your phone Drop her from your list of targets Cast her file out to the wind Carolyn won't answer any more You can hardly call it living If you're only pa**ing time How you waste what you've been given Years build out of days just slipping by And you think you've seen it all And you goddam surely know You've seen it all She leaves her children with a scar Gone blurry like a pixelated star They're too young to remember Deep in the night she sets a fire From floor to roof It's billowing down Burning the dark away to Beat back those who've seen it all