I Played Drums On This-Family of the Year

[00:16.35]In the winter when I was eight [00:22.56]I rode from state to state [00:25.98]Listening to The Summer of 69 [00:32.22]My brother he sang it, my daddy he drove [00:36.53]Through the hills of long-forgotten families [00:40.06]And broken down old homes [00:43.03]My brother played me cool music [00:46.62]So I threw out my old tapes [00:50.84]My childhood stashed up deep and attached [00:54.20]To my big brother′s place [00:57.29]Years ago he was my hero and like [01:00.27]That gets us to the night we went [01:03.45]We caught bugs, bright light stars, in tight-lidded jars [01:10.27]But I grew out of it [01:18.21]The brighter they are, the faster they burn [01:22.74]Oh, big brother you never did learn [01:25.63]You strangled all your options [01:29.16]You sucked out all their breath [01:32.50]Ken, you’re high as a kite and you’re as low as they get [01:53.77]You came to the west coast [01:56.78]On a Sunday [01:58.48]Robbed dear daddy blind [02:01.11]Tried to board a train back home [02:03.92]Sold your pass for cheap white lines [02:07.28]Daddy came and picked you up [02:09.76]The car was quiet then [02:13.75]His head hung like a white flag [02:15.72]On Monday you did it all again [02:20.19]The brighter they are, the faster they burn [02:30.71]Oh, big brother you never did learn [02:33.94]You strangled all your options [02:37.41]You sucked out all their breath [02:40.82]Ken, you’re high as a kite and you’re as low as they get [02:47.93]And in between the fighting [02:49.69]The pressure of yourself [02:51.45]The promise to get better stacked up on a dusty shelf [02:54.72]You miss the point completely [02:56.82]Self fulfill your sabotage [02:58.29]Father taught you how to fish [03:00.16]Instead you ate the fish he caught [03:01.82]The brighter they are, the faster they burn [03:12.03]Oh, big brother you never did learn [03:15.47]You strangled all your options [03:18.61]You sucked out all their breath [03:22.12]Yeah, you’re high as a kite [03:28.96]The brighter you are, the faster you burn [03:40.18]Big brother you never did learn [03:42.56]You strangled all your loved ones [03:45.98]You sucked out all our breath [03:49.76]Ken, you’re high as a kite and you’re as low as they get