Called Me Al

from Too Sick For School by Old Joy

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They called me Alexander
not a name I'd choose
& told me to protect the people
that I'd sooner lose
Now i'm angry & I won't get over it
How to explain things to a soul that's never slipped?
This is it, all you have, all you can & cannot stand
from the tower to the pier
& the water dark & clear, it's all here

They called me Don Francisco, not a name I'd pick
& told me that my fate would be the short end of the stick
now i'm facin every fear i've ever had
& the strange thing: I'm not terrified but sad
People hate & they kill & they never get their fill
if i die on this hill I'll live forever

They named me Presidente
not a name I want
& hinted towards my destiny:
to win & still get shot
now I'm shaking but it isn't just for me
How to explain things to those who've never had to see?
Broken dreams & the men who are still attached to them
hueless fields, monochrome, bleedin out far from home
still a stranger when in Rome
God only knows, but maybe he don't

They named me John the Baptist
not a name I'd ask
Nothing that i've ever done is something I'll get back
now i'm fading as I've every right to do
fame is waiting for the next of us to use
do your best, clear the way for the word you have to say
a placid storm, a crushing calm
I payed attention never alms

I never asked once what I was here for
I grew rich enough to die quite poor
I never once asked what there was to miss
& I grew poor enough to die quite rich
& I grew poor enough to die

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from Too Sick For School, released April 20, 2023

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