One Of My Kind

I can't live in this city

But I was born here

And I know all these people

Where they went to high school

Where they got their angle

Here they waited tables

Still call me brother

Like Cain and Abel

There, see all those old men

How'd they get so swollen?

I got so many broke friends

Who say I owe them

From when we were children

How did it happen?

Where is it going?

Is that your question, man?

Where does all your frustration lie?

Why are you pulling out your hair at night?

Just try and have a good time

All the rest aside

You're still one of my kind

I can't think in this city

But I remember

I know every story that it ever told me

Well, I got the blueprint

To create my own myth

That's what made it tragic

Like a summer snowdrift

Yeah, going to call my first love

Meet her at the new club

Tell her all that I've done

Finally be forgiven

And get good and drunk

Like it feels you're young

There are things against us

But I will fight tooth and nail

Stand in the sickening sunshine

After staying out all night

And maybe it's the good life

All the rest aside

The rest aside

The rest aside

You're still one of my kind

I can't live in this city

But I'll probably die here

Maybe that's how you feel

Like a poisoned cornfield

Like a best friend backstabbed

An abandoned train track

We're living straight-lined

Are you one of my kind?