Young Useless by Golden Spike Lyrics

When you were young and useless
Skin and bone and bruises
Brass tacks and biblical tracts
Were your sweet sullen music

When you were young and useless
Shining a light so ruthless
Like pouring salt in the wound
Like some magnetic Judas

When you hear me crying out
Time and time again
When you hear me crying out
Don’t forget...

To throw me a bone I need it
To carry it home defeated
Bury my face in the ground
'Til your face has retreated

When you hear me crying out
Time and time again
Don’t forget what your mother said:
Hang on to your mystique
And your patent gloves
And your magazines
And your teenage loves
And your Vaseline
And your black leather boots
And take me dancing