[Verse 1: Ted Leo]
Walking through a life you'll find
It's so easy to get hung up, these troubled times
It's so hard to know what's right to do
You just go on walking through

Holding to what you've been taught
Now you're burned by all the lies that you once bought
And all the demons they created, you once fought
Has it all been for naught?

And by now I've gotten used to the cold
Without a heavy coat to call my own

[Bridge]
And as we walk on through
Past the church and the school
In Bloomfield, or whatever you say
Well I'd like to see prom
But there aren't any jobs that would suit me anyway

[Verse 2]
So walking through a life like mine
Wherein a cruci-fixation's nailed itself into your mind
You find no matter what you try to do
They're going to put that cross on you

And by now you've gotten used to the nails