My parents split up in the first grade
My father never did come back
My sister liked John Travolta

But I wanted Billy Jack

Throwing things off of the rooftops

40 buildings all the same
My mother took a job as a waitress
Swimming in the divorce age


When you're all alone
And you're all alone

When you're all alone and you're almost grown

Me and Holly snuck into night clubs

The politics of punk rock church
We were so idealistic
But somehow only saw the worst


When you're young and violent sick and silent
Hoping just to be admired

Water seeks it's level of pain
And you're all alone
And you're all alone

And you're all alone
And you're almost grown


Some old friends retired too
But they still laugh about me and you


My mother's ashes went into the ocean
Scattered on a windy day
She used to like Frank Sinatra

Cigarettes and JFK

Some retired some expired some were meant

To be admired for a moment at a young age
But I don't care what they say others went and got away
I just want to see her again


When you're all alone
When you're all alone

When you're all alone
You're almost grown
When you're all alone and your heart is stone