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Starting from the top smokes billowing into the air This is getting old and I'm losing my care Dreaming all the time I want to release the record of the year But that means I got to work hard and I can't do that while you're here And it goes like Hey you when you gonna come back Running around town I'm tired of feeling upset Wasting time thinking of how it could be Instead I've got to focus on fixing all these problems You're getting into my head Can I listen to me instead Everybody's bored so we smoke instead of breathing in the air Can't say I blame them there's nothing to do here They say they really care yet their the ones who cause the problems Kids are dying while their trying to get the college board to care Oh they don't care And it goes like Hey you when you gonna come back Running around town I'm tired of feeling upset Wasting time thinking of how it could be Instead I've got to focus on fixing all these problems You're getting into my head Can I listen to me instead And I'm falling pretty hard Will this land be soft or rough And it goes like Hey you when you gonna come back Running around town I'm tired of feeling Hey you when you gonna come back Running around town I'm tired of feeling upset Wasting time thinking of how it could be Instead I've got to focus on fixing all these problems You're getting into my head Can I listen to me instead Can I listen Can I listen