Dumb

from What Did You Do During The War, Daddy? by The Jet Age

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I took the train back home,
back to the wife and kids.
Pretty girls all trying to hide
in plain sight.
And the men had eyes
like sharks': dead save for appetite.
And no one said a word,
so neither did I.

I do nothing
'cause I've got too much
to lose.
I take what I can
just don't make me choose.
But I'm tired of the fear
and I'm tired of the shame
of living in a world
that I'm too scared to change,
'cause this world gave you to me
it can take you away.

They keep 'em dumb, they keep 'em blind.
You keep 'em blind
then you can do what you want.
The world's unfair, even unkind
and you can cry
or you can do what you want.
You can bloody your hands,
bloody your lip,
you can go down fighting or you can
do what you want.
They take what's theirs,
I take what's mine.
I gave up trying,
I just do what I want.

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from What Did You Do During The War, Daddy?, released February 8, 2008

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Washington, DC's the Jet Age are a critically acclaimed power-trio about whom writers say things like, "[T]he Jet Age manages to mix the hyper jangle of the Wedding Present with the cruise-control melodies of Swervedriver and the heaven-scraping majesty of the Who circa 1970" (The Onion) and "a heart-pounding rocker … all of the riffs are stellar." (Pitchfork (8.0)) ... more

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