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I Wasn't Raised That Way

from An Hour of Songs from 1994 to 2011 by King Everything

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from Everything That Isn't Magic (2009)

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mommy, where do babies go?
lie to me if you don’t know
i’d much prefer a lie to silence
and silence is much better than the truth
i’m afraid that if my innocence is Lincoln
then the world’s become my John Wilkes Booth
and i’m trying not to listen to what they say
i’m trying not to listen to what they say
i’m trying not to listen to what they try to say
but it’s difficult ‘cause i wasn’t raised that way

on garbage day, my world always feels lighter
though i know the world outside mine knows it’s not
and you may say the planet’s like a blanket on your soul
but from where i stand, the globe seems not so hot
i know they say their proof comes from their science
but science can’t replace the truth
one of us is like the old, wise prophet
and the other is the wide-eyed naïve youth
and i’m trying not to listen to what they say
i’m trying not to listen to what they say
i’m trying not to listen to whatever words they say
but it’s difficult ‘cause i wasn’t raised that way

i’ve often heard that anything is possible
now i’m afraid that anything really is
i’m ducking under branches, and dodging bullets in the sun
he wants what’s mine, and i – i want his
and as i run, my heart drowns out the sirens
but the sirens they drown out my ringing ears
one of us is like that wide-eyed child
and the other is old and filled with fears
and i’m trying not to listen to what they say
i’m trying not to listen to what they say
i’m trying not to listen to anything they say
but it’s difficult ‘cause i wasn’t raised that way

mommy, where do babies go?
lie to me if you don’t know
i’ve lost teeth of all sizes
and it’s hard digesting meals without a tooth
if i represent the New York Yankees
then my tooth’s become the world’s Babe Ruth
and i’m trying not to listen to what they say
i’m trying not to listen to what they say
i’m trying not to listen to what they try to say
but it’s difficult ‘cause i wasn’t raised that way

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from An Hour of Songs from 1994 to 2011, released November 11, 2011

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