The Rebel Black Dot U.S.A. Song o' the Day

Less Than Jake, "American Idle" from See the Light (Rude Boy Mike Papa Whiskey)

Skammentary: A Less Than Jake song about growing up & leaving home; or, as the years have become decades, about having grown up & left home? Don't ever change, guys.

"We were the kids from the cul-de-sacs
That got out somehow without looking back,
It's over,
It's over.

"We were the ones that grew up too fast
On the front porch steps when we still had friends,
It's over,
It's over.

"We were the kids who were laughing last,
With big ideas and failed attempts,
It's over,
It's over…

"We were the kids who would scrape and say
That we'll wait around for some better days,
It's over,
It's over.

"We were the kids that looked one-by-one,
We said we would when we were young,
It's over,
Yeah, it's over…"