The New Pornographers Ballad of a Comeback kid Lyrics:
Pray for content, settle for free rent, the
tenements recall Rome. High five, look up, look
alive, as the scions of history guess another
mystery wrong. Recite your lines, and I'll quote
scriptures. Everything was fine until membership
lost its privileges. Everyone in town wanted to be
around you, this went on for awhile until they
finally found you. Ever so careful, on the strip
we cruise, crippled in someone else's shoes. Who
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knew? Mind you, I never had to stand in line, you
did, in the ballad of a comeback kid. Watch your
step as you step down from the podium, returned
from the war to a hero's welcome, what's more you
just had to win. Blazing new trails, waving
goodbye to the audience, held captive, the crowd
was inactive, it made such perfect sense. Ever so
careful on the strip we cruise, crippled in
someone else's shoes. Who knew? Mind you, I never
had to stand in line, you did. But you won't,
Kelly says she could have. Like a bat out of hell,
time has come fo
Lyrics: Ballad of a Comeback kid, The New Pornographers [end]