Quiet as a mouse

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tourists rob you of your home
in sunken boats
and you can hide quiet as a mouse
but they'll find you out
and she asked me, "what have you felt?"
so down and out
you can stay with me at my house

when I awoke, my back was broke from lying on the floor
sunlight poured through all the cracks in my front door
wake up, you've got a lot of things to do
wake up, the sun is rising without you

tourists robbed me of my child
they smoked him out
he was draft dodging some war
'til they found him out
and he came wandering in the night
to his mom and me
and he said, "time's, they've gotta change
but so do we,"

when I awoke, I was alive in somebody's room
I felt life and love and hope infest in my bones
wake up, you've got a lot of things to do
wake up, the sun is rising without you

when I awoke, my body was dying all over the floor
I felt apathy and hate infest in my bones
wake up, you've got a lot of things to do
wake up, the sun is rising without you