Rockets to the New World

from Rockets to the New World by David Sobel

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I exited my high school days
With a Seiko watch, a tassle for the rear view mirror
Go to Disneyland ride the matterhorn
It's gotta be a metaphor for my life, this life

Spurred by the threat of work
I hit the college trail seeking shelter from the real world
But my GPA and the SAT's
Came to haunt me like a bad dream, like a bad dream

And my father said "son, you reap what you sow"
Under the harshest light sometimes a weed can grow
Sometimes a weed can grow

Cradled in the suburbs arms
I was rocked to sleep by music of a white world
But the picket fence was the Berlin wall
And, hey you little faggot get a haircut, get a haircut

Well, they built another mall for me
Yeh, it's just for me, 'bout a mile from my old house
There's a dollar bill on the billboard sign
With the promise of a good job, no, a great job!

And the man said "son, you reap what you sow"
And it's a bright new day, see how we've grown
See how we've grown

Once upon a time I thought
That the dream was real that science was the God
But the perfect life was a perfect lie
Just like rockets to the New World, just like rockets

It's a New World
It's a New world

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from Rockets to the New World, released May 28, 2000

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