And I'll feel a guilty conscience grow She burns like the sun, and I can't look away She'll burn our horizons, make no mistake And I'll hide from the world behind a broken frame And I'll burn forever, I can't face the shame Come waste your millions here,

I keep my heart and soul in the boondocks I feel no shame I'm proud of where I came from I was born and raised in the boondocks One thing I know No matter where I go You get a line, I'll get a pole We'll go fishing in the craw fish hole Five-card poker

And I will go on shining Shining like brand new I'll never look behind me My troubles will be few Hope you find your paradise Tried to see your point of view Hope your dreams will all come true Feel no sorrow, feel no shame Come tomorrow, feel no pain

When you discover Just why I ran Ran away from you lover I know I'm to blame I feel so ashamed Call out your name After the rain If I had my way

I'm running on empty I'm chasing a dead dream Clutching the will Only to feel No way to heal I stand before disaster The shame it takes me The pain it breaks me What have I done

I keep my heart and soul in the boondocks I feel no shame I'm proud of where I came from I was born and raised in the boondocks One thing I know No matter where I go You get a line, I'll get a pole We'll go fishing in the craw fish hole Five-card poker

Loving you is complicated I place blame when you still Place shame when you steal Feel like you ain't shit Feel like you don't feel, confidence in yourself Breakin' on marble floors Watchin' anonymous strangers tellin' me that I'm yours But you ain't

Like breathing in sulfur Stay, you don't always know where you stand Till you know that you won't run away There's something inside me that feels My guilt and my shame always sell me short, Always feel the same And my face and my soul always wear me

Life goes on and if I'm wrong I guess I'll burn in flames Bend up the river and nothing down the drain And I wish I had a pocket full of gold If I'm a sinner then I don't feel ashamed Na na na na na, na na na na na So throw your sticks and throw your

"Give us the flesh"! "Give us the will" I command! Dumuzi Lord Godhead immaculate! Thou art the sun Toward the light feel no shame Forever Thou shalt remain