Promising Boy Lyrics

Tommy grew up comfortable and middle class

He had a loving mum and a loving dad

Never wanted for nothing

They gave him all they had

Saved up to pay for his college

Braces and summer camp

He never gave them much trouble

He never tried to talk back

He said his prayers every evening

He had it all in the bag

He had the right look

Right school

Luck on his side

He'd get a shot at the title

He'd live a comfortable life

He's such a promising boy

Guitars!

Tommy got a job after 22

He bought a new corolla

He bought a brand name suit

He got a bachelor apartment

In the right part of town

And kept a quarter of his salary

In savings for now

But sometimes when he was lying alone in bed at night

A quiet voice suggested that this wasn't quite right

He played the part he'd been given

He wore the shape of a man

He'd put his faith in the system

And it was going to plan

He's such a promising boy

What can you say when it's all going your way?

And the map of success is charted out on the page?

You spent your whole adolescence feeding a hunger for praise

You kept your nose to the grinder to get an annual raise

You never learned how to ask yourself if this is the dream

In the end does it matter when you're surpassing your means?

You'll get approved for a mortgage

Get married by 29

You'll take the kids on vacation

What more could you want from life?

You're such a promising boy

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You can't stop me now

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You can't stop me now

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You can't stop me now

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You can't stop me now

Alright one more time with feeling then

And this is where it picks up

You've never done nothing daring

You've never felt more alive

Than when you stood in the mirror

Tucking your dick in your thighs

And daddy said you were different

Told you to keep it inside

But you took mamas mascara

When you went out for the night

Not everyone is cut out

To be caught up in the race

And you can guarantee someone's ready to stand in your place

But if you're stuck in a rut

Or if you're down on your luck

Well let me ask you something:

Have you tried not giving a fuck?

Just give up!

On being a promising boy

Hey man just give up

You're not a promising boy

You can't stop me now