[00:37.44]There's a voice on the phone
[00:40.05]Telling what had happened
[00:43.38]Some kind of confusion
[00:46.44]More like a disaster
[00:50.37]And it wondered how
[00:52.08]You were left unaffected
[00:56.04]But you had no knowledge
[00:59.01]No, the chemicals covered you
[01:02.85]So a jury was formed
[01:05.70]As more liquor was poured
[01:08.70]No need for conviction
[01:11.61]They're not thirsting for justice
[01:15.51]But I slept with the lies
[01:18.18]I keep inside my head
[01:21.15]I found out
[01:21.99]I was guilty
[01:24.21]I found out
[01:25.08]I was guilty
[01:28.08]But I won't be around
[01:30.60]For the sentencing'
[01:31.38]Cause I'm leaving
[01:37.68]On the next airplane
[01:40.74]And I know that my actions
[01:43.56]Are impossible to justify
[01:46.80]They seem adequate
[01:48.36]To fill up my time
[01:52.71]But if I could talk to myself
[01:56.19]Like I was someone else
[02:00.93]Well then maybe
[02:02.25]I could take your advice, advice
[02:10.47]And I wouldn't act like such an asshole all the time
[02:39.18]There's a film on the wall
[02:41.82]Makes the people look small
[02:44.85]Who are sitting beside it
[02:48.06]All consumed in the drama
[02:51.69]They must return to their lives
[02:54.63]Once the hero has died
[02:57.60]They will drive to the office
[03:00.54]Stopping somewhere for coffee
[03:04.56]Where the folk singers, poets
[03:08.19]And playwrights convene
[03:10.26]Dispensing their wisdom
[03:13.35]Oh, dear, amateur orators
[03:17.16]They will detail their pain
[03:19.89]In some standard refrain
[03:22.80]They will recite their sadness
[03:25.86]Like it's some kind of contest
[03:29.46]Well, if it is
[03:32.49]I think I am winning it
[03:35.46]All beaming with confidence
[03:38.82]As I make my final lap
[03:41.67]The gold medal gleams
[03:44.79]So hang it around my neck'
[03:45.57]Cause I am deserving it
[03:50.94]The champion of idiots
[03:54.54]But a kid carries his
[03:56.55]WalkmanOn that long bus ride to
[03:59.73]OmahaI know a girl who cries
[04:02.40]When she practices violin'
[04:04.83]Cause each note sounds so pure
[04:09.99]It just cuts into her
[04:14.94]And then the melody
[04:16.23]Comes pouring out her eyes, eyes
[04:24.03]Now to me, everything else
[04:26.40]It just sounds like a lie

There's a voice on the phone
Telling what had happened
Some kind of confusion
More like a disaster
And it wondered how
You were left unaffected
But you had no knowledge
No, the chemicals covered you
So a jury was formed
As more liquor was poured
No need for conviction
They're not thirsting for justice
But I slept with the lies
I keep inside my head
I found out
I was guilty
I found out
I was guilty
But I won't be around
For the sentencing'
Cause I'm leaving
On the next airplane
And I know that my actions
Are impossible to justify
They seem adequate
To fill up my time
But if I could talk to myself
Like I was someone else
Well then maybe
I could take your advice, advice
And I wouldn't act like such an asshole all the time
There's a film on the wall
Makes the people look small
Who are sitting beside it
All consumed in the drama
They must return to their lives
Once the hero has died
They will drive to the office
Stopping somewhere for coffee
Where the folk singers, poets
And playwrights convene
Dispensing their wisdom
Oh, dear, amateur orators
They will detail their pain
In some standard refrain
They will recite their sadness
Like it's some kind of contest
Well, if it is
I think I am winning it
All beaming with confidence
As I make my final lap
The gold medal gleams
So hang it around my neck'
Cause I am deserving it
The champion of idiots
But a kid carries his
WalkmanOn that long bus ride to
OmahaI know a girl who cries
When she practices violin'
Cause each note sounds so pure
It just cuts into her
And then the melody
Comes pouring out her eyes, eyes
Now to me, everything else
It just sounds like a lie