Tried to warn 'em, but in the end, go ahead, I'll take the blame

Somebody's gotta do it and to me, it's all the same

Tried to warn 'em, but in the end, go ahead, I'll take the blame

Somebody's gotta do it and to me, it's all the same

Brave words, I wanna be there when they turn

Corn starch in the baggie like, when will you learn?

Don't get aggy, c'mon man, we all just got burned

Woman at me like, mommy and daddy, behavior is learned

Dramatic reenactment went badly for all those concerned

As a child, broke in the neighbor's house

Searchin' for what? I don't know

Wasn't rich, wasn't hurtin', I didn't do it for the dough

Seen 'em pull up, through the curtain and slipped out the back door

Lost my temper, moms looked just like she seen a ghost

When he got out, gave him the money

We both pretended it was a loan

Down the road, seen him lookin' bummy outside the liquor store

Hurried past like I ain't know him, somethin' caught in my throat

Tried to warn 'em, but in the end, go ahead, I'll take the blame

Somebody's gotta do it and to me, it's all the same

Oh no, that's terrible

He's not hurting anyone

Neither are we

Oh God, every time I see one of those old guys, I-

Every time I see one of those old guys, I always think the same thing

What did you think?

I always think that he was once somebody's baby boy, no, really, I do

I think he was once somebody's baby boy, and he had a mother and a-

Father who loved him and now, there he is, half dead on a park bench