Kid You Don't Get Me Lyrics

I've been living in ways

That are mainly beside the point

Like an obscure record

Being played in some shabby joint

They say you have to live it up

Like there's no tomorrow

But life evolves in spite of us

It's not something you can borrow

It was always less than what I thought

And the machine never caught wind

And that's mainly because I thought

It would never amount to anything

Got pushed into the streets

Into a bed with no sheets

Into the world on my bare feet

Soon hardened to life's drumbeat

They tried to get rid of me

Tried to corner me silently

So you can say whatever you want

But don't fuck me up quietly

Kid, you don't get me

Kid, you don't get me

I'm at the receiving end of an industry

That sells tough luck beans

Plays a dissonant symphony

For disappointments hard to redeem

Hey that's the way it is

The machine never caught wind

Even when I had the money

I never knew how to stint

Kept my eyes on the door

Yeah I always got my share

When I heard footsteps approach

Coming up the stairs

I never kept the score

Somehow I just lost track

Yeah what's the use of screaming

Inside a heavy sack

They tried to get rid of me

Tried to corner me silently

So you can say whatever you want

But don't fuck me up quietly

They tried to get rid of me

Tried to corner me silently

So you can say whatever you want

But don't fuck me up quietly

Kid, you don't get me

Kid, you don't get me

Kid, you don't get me

Kid, you don't get me

Kid, you don't get me

Kid, you don't get me