American Daughter

Yellowcake birthdays Stepping on eggshells Duck and cover Yell surprise Roads like veins of my hometown Gravel sings on my porch loud Scoria on my ground Like gospel rooted in the six-string sound American daughter From American mother And American father On American home in American road Nuclear daydreams They overtake me Nuclear family Or nuclear bomb Tick-a-tick-tick-tick Starting on Sunday We all get training Duck and cover Shield your eyes Roads like veins of my hometown Gravel sings on my porch loud Scoria on my ground Like gospel rooted in the six-string sound American daughter From American mother And American father In American homes on American road Nuclear daydreams They overtake me Nuclear family Or nuclear bomb Tick-a-tick-tick-tick Covered by white picket fences Hiding out deep in the trenches Red, white, blue instead of senses and Hiding and hiding and Half-massed blackboard in charcoal Pulling up soul on the flagpole White chalk into the keyhole And pulling and pulling and American daughter From American mother And American father In American home on American road Nuclear daydreams They overtake me Nuclear family Or nuclear bomb Tick-a-tick-tick-tick And 'til death do me part I will sit on that porch Sit on that porch like my mama And 'til death do me part I will sit on that porch Like my mama and her mama and her mama before