just the thought 
of our bed 
makes me crumble like the plaster 
where you punched the wall beside my bed 
and I try 
to draw the line 
but it ends up running down the middle of me 
most of the time 
 
boys get locked up in some prison 
girls get locked up in some house 
and it don't matter if it's a warden 
or a lover 
or a spouse 
you just can't talk to 'em 
you just can't reason 
you just can't leave 
and you just can't please 'em 
 
I was locked 
into being my mother's daughter 
I was just eating bread and water 
thinking 
nothing ever changes 
and I was shocked 
to see the mistakes of each generation 
will just fade like a radio station 
if you drive out of range 
 
If you're not angry 
you're just stupid 
or you don't care 
how else can you react 
when you know 
something's so unfair 
the men of the hour 
can kill half the world in war 
make them slaves to a super power 
and let them die poor 
 
I was locked 
into being my mother's daughter 
I was just eating bread and water 
thinking 
nothing ever changes 
and I was shocked 
to see the mistakes of each generation 
will just fade like a radio station 
if you drive out of range 
 
just the thought 
of our bed 
makes me crumble like the plaster 
where you punched the wall beside my bed 
and I try 
to draw the line 
but it ends up running down the middle of me 
most of the time 
 
baby I love you 
that's why I'm leaving 
there's no talking to you 
and there's no pleasing you 
and I care enough 
that I'm mad 
that half the world don't even know 
what they could have had 
 
I was locked 
into being my mother's daughter 
I was just eating bread and water 
thinking 
nothing ever changes 
and I was shocked 
to see the mistakes of each generation 
will just fade like a radio station 
if you drive out of range