In the winter when I was eight I rode from state to state Listening to The Summer of 69 My brother he sang it, my daddy he drove Through the hills of long-forgotten families And broken down old homes My brother played me cool music So I threw out my old tapes My childhood stashed up deep and attached To my big brother′s place Years ago he was my hero and like That gets us to the night we went We caught bugs, bright light stars, in tight-lidded jars But I grew out of it The brighter they are, the faster they burn Oh, big brother you never did learn You strangled all your options You sucked out all their breath Ken, you’re high as a kite and you’re as low as they get You came to the west coast On a Sunday Robbed dear daddy blind Tried to board a train back home Sold your pass for cheap white lines Daddy came and picked you up The car was quiet then His head hung like a white flag On Monday you did it all again The brighter they are, the faster they burn Oh, big brother you never did learn You strangled all your options You sucked out all their breath Ken, you’re high as a kite and you’re as low as they get And in between the fighting The pressure of yourself The promise to get better stacked up on a dusty shelf You miss the point completely Self fulfill your sabotage Father taught you how to fish Instead you ate the fish he caught The brighter they are, the faster they burn Oh, big brother you never did learn You strangled all your options You sucked out all their breath Yeah, you’re high as a kite The brighter you are, the faster you burn Big brother you never did learn You strangled all your loved ones You sucked out all our breath Ken, you’re high as a kite and you’re as low as they get
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