60 & Punk - Death Cab for Cutie

There’s nothing funny about you slipping away

It’s nothing funny how you’re spending your days

But you’re laughing like a kid at a carnival

I watched you stumbling around this dusty town

I heard your bottle talking way too loud

As the Federales tried to hunt you down

For something you can’t remember what was about

The curtain falls to applause and the band plays you off

He’s a superhero growing bored with no one to save anymore

I used to watch you on the late night scene

The timely rescue of a metal teen

Six strings were strumming rhythm and lead

And that hadn’t occurred to me

When I met you I was 22

Trying so hard to play it cool

But there was so much that I needed to say

And nothing came out the right way

The curtain falls to applause and the band plays you off

He’s a superhero growing bored with no one to save anymore

There’s nothing elegant about being a drunk

It’s nothing righteous about being 60 and punk

But when you’re looking in the mirror do you see

That kid you used to be

Broke and working in a record store

Daydreaming about the upcoming tour

Were you happier when you poor