I'm putting your patience to the test
I'm putting your body on the line, for less
And didn't you know there was a choice?
It's never yours, but someone else's voice
Selling your body to the street
Sending your girlfriends to the night, for cheap
Wearing a jacket made of meat
Sealing a letter made with horses feet
And now you've heard that
Words turn to gray
Life in the shade
A violent cry
And that's on USA
Platinum's on the rise
Payphones in the sky
I'm just trying' to find
A mountain I can climb
I'm putting your patience to the test
I'm putting your body on the line, for less
And didn't you know there was a choice?
And it's never yours, in someone else's voice
And now you've seen that
Waltz on the grave
Life in the shade
A violent cry
And that's on USA
Born on the right
Circle in disguise
I'm just tryin' to find
A mountain I can climb
Tell us
Can anybody tell us
They're gonna be oh so jealous
They're gonna be oh so silent
They're gonna be sworn in silence
(Tell us
Can anybody tell us
They're gonna be oh so jealous
They're gonna be oh so silent
They're gonna be sworn in silence)
I didn't wanna ask you, baby
I didn't wanna love you
And everybody saw me
And even if they knew me,
Can anyone even hear us?
Aww, right...
Why are you waitin'
At my door?
Life turns to dust
And rain turns to rust
The gossip is the truth
The money paid for the lives we took
And why do you look surprised
Only since I'm in the skies
I'm just tryin' to find
Enough space for you and I