I never got to be 27
To snap a piece of fruit off my family tree
Never got to rip you a new one
For being a hack and a fraud
And as you write down what you're singin'
I'm rotting in the ground with your college degree
I never got out, never got my name
In the New York Times for getting my way
And you act like you're on your own
Caught a stranger on the phone
Bombs away say "C'est la vie"
End it all for a spoonful of oil
I never got to watch as my babies
Grew up to be good capitalists
I never got to watch the president
Try to overthrow our government
And you act like you're on your own
Caught a stranger on the phone
Bombs away say "C'est la vie"
End it all for a spoonful of oil
And I remembered I loved those who killed me
I watched as they robbed and bleeder me dry
Oh, you gotta let me go
Woah, uh-oh, just move on with your life