The New Pornographers Ballad Of A Comeback Kid Lyrics

Pray for content, settle for free rent,
The tenements recall Rome
High five, look up, look alive,
As the scions of history guess
Another mystery wrong
Recite your lines, and I'll quote scriptures
Everything was fine until membership
Lost its privileges
Everyone in town wanted to be around you,
This went on for awhile until
They finally found you
Ever so careful,
On the strip we cruise,
Crippled in someone else's shoes

Who knew? Mind you,
I never had to stand in line,
Like you did, in the ballad of a comeback kid

Watch your step as you step down from the podium,
Returned from the war to a hero's welcome,
What's more you just had to win

Blazing new trails,
Waving goodbye to the audience,
Held captive, the crowd was inactive,
It made such perfect sense

Ever so careful on the strip we cruise,
Crippled in someone else's shoes
Who knew? Mind you,
I never had to stand in line, you did

But you won't, Kelly says she could have
Like a bat out of hell, time has come for you