Numb

Everybody always tellin' me
That it don’t do me no good
To try to fix what is broken
They say there ain’t no use in splintered wood
Everyone, they try and tell me
“You don’t know nothin'--you’re only 21”
Well aw sorry, man
I didn’t know you’d gotten so cynical
Don’t blame your age for makin' you numb

You’re so numb

Let me tell you ‘bout last night
I was postin’ up round, you know
The old neighborhood bar
I got to talkin’ to a girl named Katherine, with an accent
She brought with her from somewhere far
She said, “Aw, boy, you’re so young!
Why don’t you go travel some?
Go sleep a night in another country’s bed”
I said, “Hey, Kat
You know, it seems that
You got the right idea
I’m tired of the food I’ve been fed”

But I’m not numb

I’m sick of everybody always tellin’ me
How empathy don’t do business any good
They might as well say,
"Hey, boy, you shouldn’t give your extra bread to the homeless
Outside the Bowery Mission in your own neighborhood”
I'm fed up with everybody always tellin' me
I don’t know nothin’ ‘cause I’m "too young"
When the only thing they’ve learned in their 35 years of living
Is to fight the urge to trust anyone

(Come on, son… That’s no fun!)

You’re so numb