John Vanderslice - I'll Never Live Up To You lyrics

When they laid you out, on the metal table They got the suit right, but they weren't able to erase the glare You've been dead for 16 years, a myth suspended in amber Reputation burnished by fear If they would believe me, I would tell them all the truth about you I'll never live up to you Even Mao, he looks all right, on a 40-foot billboard All doe-eyed, but we remember the night Expectations were all I heard, they took me at my word But I couldn't do what he wanted me to do If they would believe me, I would tell them all the truth about you I'll never live up to you