Only Children

Walking around at night Fighting my appetite Every kid in cut-offs could be you Remember when we used to meet At the bottom of Mobile Street? And do what the broken people do Are you still taking notes? The Holy Ghost could get inside you You'd do whatever you put your mind to Will you read me what you wrote? When we were locked outside the building Over-encouraged only children Cold coffee on the fire escape We bet it all on a demo tape And we still had something left to steal Remember when we took too much? To get a little of the human touch Hand to mouth and reel to reel And are you still taking notes? Hydrocodone in your backpack Maybe these words will hold the beast back And will you read me what you wrote? The one I said you stole from Dylan Over-encouraged only children "Heaven's wasted on the dead" That's what your mama said When the hearse was idling in the parking lot She said you thought the world of me And you were glad to see They finally let me be an astronaut Are you still taking notes? Will you have anyone to talk to? Castle walls that you could walk through And do the dead believe in ghosts? Or are you lost in some old building With over-encouraged only children