The Cause

Walking to the liquor store to buy a lighter Talking to me, 1969 And things that people glorify are fucked up Free love, free drugs Charlie and the Hollywood five You always said that the Chelsea was the heart of the gold rush But you left New York for bigger and better stuff And how could I ever be enough? How I could ever-, how I could ever- You believe in whatever you want How could I ever-, how I could ever- Oh-oh Oh-oh Oh-oh-oh, whoa-oh, oh Oh-oh Could've been a poet in a hotel lobby I'm just sleeping with your college degree Wouldn't call you "lover" 'cause it's loaded I had more to say, but you were louder than me Hopeless wordsmith, I wanted something honest And you spoke with conviction, I started singing along But I was always smaller than the cause How I could ever-, how I could ever- How could I ever be enough? How could I ever-, how could I ever- Oh-oh, oh-oh Oh-oh-oh, whoa-oh, oh Oh-oh, oh-oh Oh-oh-oh, whoa-oh, oh How could I ever be enough? How could I ever-, how could I ever- How could I ever be enough? How could I ever-, how could I ever- How could I ever-, how could I ever- How could I ever-, how could I ever- You believe in whatever you want And I'll always be jealous, I'll always be faithless And I'll always be smaller, I'll always be smaller than the cause Oh-oh Oh-oh Hm-mm, hm-mm-mm Hm-mm