The Wonder Years - Cul-de-sac lyrics

I've been leaving messages on an answering machine In a house that's always empty, so I know nobody's listening I've been confessing my transgressions over tape hiss And the silence makes me sick No good can come from this I'm letting go I've been holding on like poison ivy Out of cold suburban concrete From this careless urban sprawl I'm letting go You know we can't keep out of trouble I thought my kids would call you uncle I thought we'd never be alone I've got images of you inside my head Outside of the gas station where we always used to shoplift It's car-crash rhetoric We f**ed up everything we came in contact with Just boyhood recklessness I'm letting go I've been holding on like poison ivy Out of cold suburban concrete From this careless urban sprawl I'm letting go You know we can't keep out of trouble I thought my kids would call you uncle I thought we'd never be alone I'm letting go If you walked me home, you'd know how weak my arms got I just can't carry you If you walked me home, I know I'd have flashbacks Of snow angels and gut laughs If you walked me home, but you won't You're all alone on some bullsh**, pill-bottle vision quest If you walked me home, I don't know when I would finally Work up the backbone to walk alone I'm letting go 'Cause I loved you, but I have to I'm letting go You know we can't keep out of trouble I thought my kids would call you uncle I thought we'd never be alone I'm letting go If you walked me home