Shopping Complex

could you stop in to see me if you're going to go downtown?
could you stop in to see me if you're going to go downtown?
i've got a couple of things i need and i've already written it down:
get me a brand new set of values, mine have all been rusting away.
get me a brand new set of values, mine have all but rusted away
from the first time that i tried to go out and make my name.
get me a shield from all these old men talking about the good old times.
get me a shield from all these old men talking about the good old times,
or at least a casket i can finally close on their old closed minds
get me a new version of history, one i never learned about in school.
get me a new version of history, one i never learned about in school,
one that respects dinosaurs as more than just fossil fuel.
get me a system that works, one that nobody bothers to try to change from the inside.
get me new eyes to tell the difference between what is and what was
for a better reason than "just because."
take back my apology to an old friend, i don't think i mean it anymore.
take back my apology to an old friend, i don't think i mean it anymore.
she's going to have to wait until i start to feel nostalgic like i did before.
those were the days.
so could you stop in to see me if you're going to go downtown?
could you stop in to see me if you're going to go downtown?
maybe i could ride along and burn the whole shopping complex down.