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American Coming of Age Lyrics by Strange Philosophies

Magnolia Mythology

2023

Hanging out in the dead shopping mall
Where the colors came off from the cracked plaster wall
And
Our car a boat in a parking lot sea
Well, our old weathered captain just turned to me
And said
"We'll chart a course for a brand new town
Where the children can play, and they're runnin' around"
It seemed impossible at that time
But I joined along to see what we'd find
Cuz there are places where a kid can be free
There are places wherе a kid can be free
There arе places where a kid can be free
And I want something more than an American coming of age
I want to be naive again, but now it seems it's much too late
And
Now I want nothing less than a ticket out of this hellscape
Because this land just ain't designed for me
And that can't be my fate
Can't be my fate
We ran aground on a distant shoal
And our ship went down with a breach in the hull
So
We set up camp on the highway banks
In a land without children in all of its ranks
A siren song that had run us aground
Whispered in our ears that we'd finally found
What was impossible at that time
But we sailed that way to see if we'd find
A land where our kids could be free
A land where our kids could be free
A land where our kids could be free
And I want something more than an American coming of age
I want to be naive again, but now it seems it's much too late
And
Now I want nothing less than a ticket out of this hellscape
Because this land just ain't designed for me
And that can't be my fate
Can't be my fate
(It can't be, it can't be)
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About “American Coming of Age” by Strange Philosophies

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"American Coming of Age" appears on "Magnolia Mythology" in 2023.

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