Echoes like the sound of a gunshot Cross the Richmond city night And all the punks, too drunk to stand Stand upright Shes still walking the streets until daylight comes She says Im the last one to grow up numb My footprints leave these Little prints of light Im the last one Let me be the last one to grow up numb Im the last one Let me be the last one to grow up numb On the rotting docks Near the auction blocks of which we dont speak And the lights on floods rebuilding Covers up this old creek While our grandmothers walked past every numbered street A twelve hour day just for something to eat This long walk home Is not taught in our history Im the last one Let me be the last one to grow up numb Im the last one Let me be the last one to grow up numb Heres to the sweet smell of all the banks burning All the food is freed, all the teachers are learning Fuck the laws, fuck their greed The ratchets thrown and we wont bleed Our true wealth lies in the song of the land Communities freed from this prison of God and man Let me be the last one to grow up numb Im the last one Let me be the last one to grow up numb Echoes like the sound of a gunshot Cross the Richmond city night And all the punks, too drunk to stand Stand upright Are you addicted to the sight of spaces in between? When the night birds cry, do you know what it means? Its the forgotten ones who ask us never to give up Im the last one Let me be the last one to grow up numb Im the last one Let me be the last one to grow up numb Im the last one Let me be the last one to grow up numb Im the last one Let me be the last one to grow up numb
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