An American Boy - Eliza Gilkyson

I post pictures on my facebook site

A shooting star in a long dark night

A lonely kid beneath the basement light

With thunder in his hands

My parents wonder if I'm doing alright

They keep the gun case locked up tight

With the key hanging there in plain site

While I make my plans

It won't be long before I come undone

There is no tomorrow for a wayward son

What will they say about their pride and joy

Their American boy

It's not the world they always said it would be

A shiny pearl waiting there for me

A golden girl who will care for me

A future I could own

They mess my mind with every kind of med

Voice whispers in my head

Telling me softly I'd be better off dead

I'm not going alone

It won't be long before I come undone

I'm going to blow my world to kingdom come

Once I was someone's only pride and joy

And an American boy

American boy

It won't be long before the time has come

I won't be sorry for the thing I've done

Maybe somewhere there is everlasting joy

And an American boy

American boy

I built a bomb under basement light

Went to a prom on a Saturday night

I didn't blow it 'cause time is not right

But it's close at hand