Holden Caulfield
I am from lots of dough
From not caring if I lose my goddam gloves
From getting kicked out of schools
Because I hate the goddam phonies who think they're so cool
I'm from missing Allie
And thinking 'bout Jane
I talk to cabbies
'Bout the ducks in the lake
I flirt with girls, I drink, I smoke
But I always stop if the girl says no
I'm from walking to the park
And sleeping in the cold
Because the 'rents will be mad
That I got the axe again
So my bags are all packed
But I can't go home
I feel like I'm falling
But there's no wind going through my hair
Instead it's Mr. Antolini's goddam hand
That I feel there
He says he knows where my path will go
But if I don't know what my future holds
Then who is he to think he knows?
I end up feeling like I'm falling, yes
But not the way he said
I'm slipping through the sidewalk
Allie saves me from the abyss
Now I sit here in this mental ward
Will the goddam questions never end?
That's all I want to say right now
So here I'll let this story end
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