Kick - Spanish Love Songs

When you saw your dad shoot up for the first time

It must’ve came as quite a shock

You sat numb in your room for hours

Ignoring the afternoon’s drop-offs

You picture him, arms outstretched in a song

After Sunday school let out

He’d drive the family home

And you’d talk about Jesus

But 15 years can change a man

Alone in this wilderness

Say, «Keep your head up», if you’re not okay

But not okay is what’s expected

They claim you’re a hero

If you can make it off the couch

You know the truth in what they say

The world’s gonna kick you either way

But now you’re stuck in this routine

Just trying to make something on your own

Your older brother fled the country

The cops are coming 'round your home

But Kaylee has a baby on the way

They’re not gonna leave her a single mother

The dope was legal

But they roughed you up for selling on the side

But 20 years will change a man

10 with behavior is what you’re looking at

Just keep your head down and you’ll be okay

You’re living up to what’s expected

They’ll claim you’re nothing

When you’re walking out the door

You know the truth in what they say

The world’s gonna kick you either way

And mom won’t even come around most days

Pop your prescription and you put on a brave face

Zone out to the local AM station

Try not to think about next month’s visitation

Saw you last week we haven’t talked since graduation

You’re moving H with a guy to catch up

But it’s clear you’re using

I didn’t have the guts to be a better friend

But what’s another ten grand gonna fix in the end?

Say, «Keep your head up», if you’re not okay

But not okay is what’s expected

They claim you’re a hero

But you died there on the couch

You knew the truth in what they say

The world’s gonna kick you either way