The Great Depression - Dave Hause

We were the Reagan kids

Our heroes didn’t work like our daddies did

They dazzled us with TV through sleepy lids

We followed hulking maniacs to prozac nation

«You can be anything, just get your education»

We were good Christian kids

Went to church on Sunday mornings like mama did

Teenage love made us feel guilty and so we hid

Under those overpasses on summer nights

We’d tear each other’s clothes off

And get into fights

Then we roared right through our twenties

Never bargained for a crash

Watched our hollow dreams get buried

Under heaps of plastic trash

Broken promises to children leave indelible impressions

Welcome to the great depression

We were our father’s sons

Playing war on weekend days with our plastic guns

Catching up with who we were through the reruns

«Eat your vitamins and say your prayers

You’ll become doctors, lawyers and millionaires»

We were misguided girls

Tried to fuck our way through such a distorted world

Confusing love with sex and plastic with pearls

«Get what you can for yourself, leave the rest behind»

It’s freedom forever 'til your card gets declined

And we roared right through our twenties

Never bargained for a crash

Watching hollow dreams get buried

Under heaps of plastic trash

Broken promises to children leave indelible impressions

Welcome to the great depression

Did he die for your sins?

Did he leave us for dead?

If you wanted us safe why would you fuck with our heads?

The factory’s gone, the loans are foreclosed

But there’s some places left that remind me of home

Just give me one place left that reminds me of home

The lifeboat is looking pretty full

If you find some room reach out and give me a pull

The way we learned to live is fading fast

I guess we never bargained for a crash