A Better Way Lyrics - A Sucker's Dream - The Alternate Routes

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Well he's waiting at the bus stop, seven years old 

Breathing on his collar in the freezing cold 

And he doesn't know a thing about minimum wage 

But his mother's gone early and she gets in late 

And by the time he's 18 he's got nobody else 

But god knows college won't pay for itself 

So he traded in scraping for a uniform. 

And I'm starting to see what he's fighting for 

Standing on the front line 

Now he's waiting on a land mine 

And maybe there's a better way 

Maybe there's a better way 

Mona Lisa moved up and she moved away 

From the people she knew, now she works all day 

For a walk-in closet and a master bed 

She swore that she'd never be poor again 

And she can't stop shopping, she's so damn bored 

And I'm starting to see what we're fighting for 

Standing on the front line 

Living in a gold mine 

And maybe there's a better way 

Maybe there's a better way 

Maybe there's a better way 

I did some diving on the street today 

I put my head against a window pane 

I did some thinking about the way it is 

I did some thinking about the way we live and, 

I wanna talk about Jesus Christ 

I wanna talk about living a lie 

I wanna talk about the Pentagon 

It doesn't matter what side your on, well 

I'm only really trying to figure it out 

But you can't hear me cause you talk so loud 

And maybe there's a better way 

Maybe there's a better way 

Maybe there's a better way 

Then sending them off to die 

Maybe there's a better way 

Then drinking alone tonight 

Maybe there's a better way 

Maybe there's a better way 

Then sending them off to die 

Maybe there's a better way 

Then drinking alone tonight 

Maybe there's a better way