Phantom of the American Mother

Watch this picture blow

It makes you wonder

Bless this broken low

It takes time to explain to you

That underneath your skin is mother dear

And if you paint your face again you'll disappear



How you gonna feel

If superman and sonic youth are fairy tales?

Its time to face the truth

You'll throw your life away

As a woman dressed as baby jane

Like a phantom of the american mother

And it's here again

And it's here like a phantom of the american mother



All that you're concealing are the things that are good in you

And you do

And you're still abandoning the news

Now there's a sinking look in your eyes

Like black holes in the sky

And every time you moved I realized

Everything in you was hypnotized



How you gonna feel

If superman and sonic youth are fairy tales?

Its time to face the truth

You walked the hall of fame

A woman dressed as baby jane

Like a phantom of the american mother

It's here again

And it's here again like a phantom of the american mother



So here it is, you needed proof

There's no rock n' roll parade for you

Its time to face the truth

Like a phantom of the american mother

It's here again

Like a phantom of the american mother