How to Feel Okay
Teach me how to drink ma
Show me how you lost your way
Pa will turn the other cheek
I just want to feel okay
Ma teach me how to hit the pipe
Show me how to waste the day
Pa will turn a blind eye
I just want to feel okay
Teach me a lesson in pills ma
Show me how to waste away
Pa won’t say a word
I just want to feel okay
Ma teach me how to cut a line
Show me no escape
I expect pa’s silence
I just want to feel okay
Help tie my arm pa
Show me how to choose a vein
I don’t say a word
I just get high and feel okay
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