[Verse 1]
Time is wasted on me but mom, it will be alright
You lost your faith in me but mom, it will be alright
And the family will hold even though my brother's gone
And the family will hold even though things turn out wrong

[Verse 2]
We wait for test results but mom, it will be alright
Spent out on expert consults but mom, it will be alright
And the family will hold even though we've lost the means
And the family will hold in this graceless, sad routine
A sad routine

[Chorus]
I've always known that I am second born
It's like a hand-me-down in a house, we live in mourning

[Verse 3]
I will write a new song and I will sing it tonight
No one sings along but mom
It will be alright

[Chorus]
I've always known that I am second born
It's like a hand-me-down and I feel it when the threads are torn
Leave it alone but I am a second born
I know what I've done, I don't need to be a firstborn son
A firstborn son
[Verse 4]
And I found me a girl, she's had a troubled life
I will make a home, I'll make a troubled girl my wife
And the family will hold, and maybe we will have a son
And the family will hold, and we'll say we've just begun
We've just begun

[Chorus]
I've always known that I am second born
It's like a hand-me-down in a house, we live in mourning
Leave it alone but I am second born
I know what I've done, I don't need to be a firstborn son

[Outro]
Second born
Second born