Matt Pless - White Picket Fences lyrics

There once was a boy who sat in a box For twenty-some years 'til they shipped him off To a brand new box but that's okay Cause the love of his life who became his bride Would stand by his side before he put her aside Now she cries over puddles of spilled pride but that's okay And they raised a child to think for himself 'Til he questioned God then he needed help So they got that prescription filled and now that's okay And every day they wake and they open their eyes And they put on their masks and they go outside And they hide what's inside from a world they despise But that's okay It's alright, it's okay All in all, it's disarrayed It's the same thing every day And that's okay It's alright, it's okay All in all, what can you say? Is it ever gonna change If it's okay? So they live behind a white picket fence Where their rules were set by the government Through a pixel box that makes no sense but that's okay Daddy slaves away so the bills get paid Mommy finds new ways to sedate the pain While little what's-his-name plays video games and that's okay When you're glued in front of a flat TV Where you'll never question authority You'll just be all that you can be but that's okay So you fall in line thinking you don't care While you run in circles and get nowhere Then you'll wonder how you ended up there but that's okay It's alright, it's okay They look just like you and me Flailing in their misery And that's okay It's alright, it's okay When it's all work and no play It makes Jack a real dollboy But that's okay Now they're all caught up in the same routine While they're chasing down some elusive dream In the scheme of things, it seems obscene but that's okay Cause the kid's in school but he cannot think While his mom's handcuffed to the kitchen sink And his dad's in love when he has a drink but that's okay And he says "My son, if you only knew What that cereal box has in store for you You'd be drinking coffee too but that's okay" Cause they might be black or they might be white And they might be left or they might be right But they all lose sight in the end and that's okay It's alright, it's okay In the land of liberty Where there's nothing really free And that's okay It's alright, it's okay That's the way it's gotta be When we all end up the same And that's okay Cause we've got ourselves to blame but that's okay Gonna find another way if that's okay