Starin' like a stranger from the dirt field Across from my childhood home Noticed how out of place I look there It's a place I can't afford When my family lost it back in '08 We swore it was just a setback All we needed was to graduate Kept ignorin' facts Well, don't you know that you were born to die poor, man? Don't you know that you're gonna do yourself in? And you'll always wake up tired 'Cause there's nowhere we go from here Stuck workin' at that third job, driving Well-meaning moms to protests for minimum wage You're still depressed, livin' for thе weekend Terrified to diе at your age So no cancer, no crash, better all go as planned Or one day soon, you won't get by You know damn well there ain't a promised land The cost of living means the cost to stay alive Don't you know that you were born to die poor, man? Don't you know that you're gonna do yourself in? And you'll always wake up tired 'Cause there's nowhere we go from here They'll say that these are our exciting days At least until they ask our age Now I'm just a walking tragic ending And fuck, I don't wanna be the last one standing So I'm leavin' the city Maybe the country Maybe the Earth Gotta find a place of my own Where the fuckups aren't cops Patrollin' neighborhoods they're afraid of And the rest of us won't burn out Displacin' locals from neighborhoods that we're afraid of If we weren't bailed out Every time by our parents, we'd be dead What's gonna happen when they're all dead? Don't you know that you were born to die poor, man? Don't you know that you're gonna do yourself in? And you'll always wake up tired 'Cause there's nowhere we go from here They'll say that these are our exciting days At least until they ask our age Now I'm just a walking tragic ending And fuck, I don't wanna be the last one standing