I was stoned in a factory Working an industrial slicer Wondering to myself if life could be anything nicer Inching step by step Towards the Great American Death I was dreaming 'bout asbestos as best as I can guess I was itching to confess at the rural Festivus Father, Son, and Holy Spirit You're gonna have to speak up 'cause I can't hear it Well, the tree grew a branch The branch grew Dravidians Most of them died In the land of comedians Turns out your mother Was part of the Slytherin faction It's alright that you didn't know She never saw that much of the action Well, there's promise in the morning And power in the blood Folks drink it for the feeling I just drink it because I do what John Denver tells me I wanna do right, in case anyone fail me Let it be me and only me Let it be me and only me Let it be me and only me Who fails me Who fails me I was a tombstone tragedy working out the kinks in Wisconsin In a monastery asking the saints if they come here often In a van with all of my friends Where the party never ends The liquors always quicker I cheat to feel the drums Pounding in my head and in my heart and in my thumbs Father, Son, and Holy Spirit Set the bar so low That I can clear it Well, the clearer the mirror The more of the horror There's gore on the shore Of Sodom and Gomorrah There's something endearing About the fear of anything queer here I've seen a lotta folks fold into a mold Of something that they couldn't steer clear of Well, there's promise in the morning And power in the blood Folks drink it for the feeling I just drink it because I do what John Denver tells me I wanna do right in case anyone fails me Let it be me and only me Let it be me and only me Let it be me and only me Who fails me Who fails me Hey guys, wussup? I always knew I was gonna seem basic In the Dagobah system asking folks if they've seen my spaceship All the Buddhists priests and the Taoist monks Couldn't have stopped me from being a punk In a Ford Explorer with a tape recorder Beating down your door with an eating disorder Father Time and Mother Nature Why am I of such small stature? All I ever wanted was to die young But I didn't have the guts And songs needed sung If I could wake up without this feeling I'd know I was healing But every morning when I wake up I just know that it ain't enough Well there's promise in the mornin' And power in the blood Folks drink it for the feelin' I just drink it because I do what John Denver tells me I wanna do right in case anyone fails me Let it be me and only me Let it be me and only me Let it be me and only me Who fails me Who fails me