Never Gonna Change - Sharon Van Etten

Let this be a lesson to you, girl Don't come around where you know you don't belong They're riding on the avenue and probably coming after you And they all look mean and strong Mean and strong like liquor, mean and strong like fear Strong like the people from South Alabama And mean like the people from here Take it from me, we ain't never gonna change And daddy used to empty out his shotgun shells And fill 'em full of black-eyed peas He'd aim real low, and he tear out your ankles Or rip right through your knees There ain't much traffic on the highway There ain't much traffic on the lake 'Cause the ATF and the ABI got everything they could take Didn't take it from me, they didn't take it from me Take it from me We ain't never gonna change We ain't doin' nothin' wrong We ain't never gonna change So, shut your mouth and play along Well, I thought about going in the army I thought about going overseas I wouldn't have trouble with a piss test Only problem is my bad left knee My brother got picked up at Parker's Got him a ride in a new Crown Vic They said that he was movin' on with federal level But they couldn't really make it stick Take it from me We ain't never gonna change We ain't doin' nothin' wrong We ain't never gonna change So, shut your mouth and play along And you can throw me in the Colbert County jailhouse You can throw me off the Wilson Dam But there ain't much difference in the man I wanna be And the man that I really am We ain't never gonna change We ain't doin' nothin' wrong We ain't never gonna change Just shut your mouth and play along We ain't never gonna change We ain't never gonna change We ain't never gonna change We ain't never (never gonna change)

There's a starman waiting in the sky He'd like to come and meet us But he thinks he'd blow our minds There's a star man waiting in the sky He's told us not to blow it 'Cause he knows it's all worthwhile He told me, "Let the children lose it Let the children use it Let all the children boogie"

There were your eyes In the dark of the room The only ones shining The only set I had met in years It's not because I always look down It might be I always look out It might be I always look out I'm biting my lip As confidence is speaking to me I loosen my grip from my palm Put it on your knee In my way I say You're the reason Why I'll move to the city or Why I'll need to leave You're the reason Why I'll move to the city or Why I'll need to leave There was your breath On the back of my neck The only one holding The only one I had felt in years It's not because I always hold on It might be I always hold out It might be I always hold out I'm biting my lip As confidence is speaking to me I loosen my grip from my palm Put it on your knee In my way I say You're the reason Why I'll move to the city or Why I'll need to leave You're the reason Why I'll move to the city or Why I'll need to leave So what's with the eyes In the back of the room? The only ones trying The only ones I have let in years It's not because I always give up It might be I always give out It might be I always give out It might be I always give out It might be I always give out