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The Ballad of Don Lyrics by Fisheye (Band)

A Totally Different Disaster

2009

[Verse 1]
Sweet sixteen he was just a kid
I knew him well back then
Acne scars and borrowed cars
That’s how I remember him
High-school honors that’s all he wrote
It never seemed that hard
One year of college and then dropped out
Twenty years of nowhere jobs
[Chorus]
Oh Don, oh Don you're a stupid man
Those years have gone I think I can
Condemn the prisoner in Ohio
Still mourn the boy that I used to know
[Verse 2]
Sweet sixteen she was just a kid
The harsh blush of youth
Chat-room sweethearts gone too far
Sex, lust and abuse
They had some fun and they played some games
They left no lasting scars
Her mom caught on and then called the cops
Then Don was behind bars
[Chorus]
Oh Don, oh Don you're a stupid man
Those years have gone I think I can
Condemn the prisoner in Ohio
Still mourn the boy that I used to know
[Verse 3]
Now Don’s in prison and rightly so
Chesters come and chesters go
Got some sympathy that I can’t show
Guilt by association don’t you know
But I remember that kid I knew
When we were both sixteen
It makes me sad when I think of you
And what you could have been
[Chorus]
Oh Don, oh Don you're a stupid man
Those years have gone I think I can
Condemn the prisoner in Ohio
Still mourn the boy that I used to know
Credits
Fisheye (Band)

Fisheye (Band)

About “The Ballad of Don” by Fisheye (Band)

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