letter to your senator

they all want a piece of you

then a little more

because they all think they’re telling you

something you haven’t heard before

so you wait for the wind to blow something better your direction

you look out your window and you don’t see nothing

inherit yourself from somebody else

that way you got nothing to prove

leave your thinking up to some other head

that way you got nothing to lose

you won’t let your conscience lead your politics

for fear the right thing will get in the way

so you leave it up to the generation right after you

to make up for all of your half-hearted mistakes

inherit yourself from somebody else

that way you got nothing to prove

leave your thinking up to some other head

that way you got nothing to lose

what’s the use in pretending

that this is the way it has to be

like some sad song that won’t stop ending

or just beginning all over and over again

and after the math you are left with one big fraction

tell me what’s the action that you plan to take

you can’t get to the yolk and the white don’t want to budge

now all you got are eggshells in your cake

inherit yourself from somebody else

that way you got nothing to prove

leave your thinking up to some other head

that way you got nothing to lose

what’s the use in pretending

that this is the way it has to be

like some sad song that won’t stop ending

or just beginning all over and over again