Singers died and the war was coming to an end.
Grandma cried 'cause Elvis couldn't keep up pretending.
And they said my sister made it right to heaven.
But in time, I realized that God was made for bending.

I get it, I get it, you don't want me to understand.

Bombs were tested, they showed it every day on the tube.
Santa Claus stopped coming 'cause he was on strike too.
I never knew the shame until it broke my mind.
I never saw the sun until it almost made me blind, yeah.

I get it, I get it, you don't want me to understand.

I got laid for the first time on a football field.
Reagan said he wanted to disarm that goddam shield.
I couldn't feel no pain until I lost a friend.
I couldn't feel it until I realized I won't see you again.

I get it, I get it, you don't want me to understand.