I was dancing down Dufresne Street with a bird's nest in my hair
I was handsome if not beautiful, more alive than I could bear
The fireworks display echoed through this little town
The reds and blues shot across the roofs and burned a building down
But all the wine in this Coke can couldn't keep you off my mind
And all the times when you wove your slender fingers between mine
I was a king reaffirmed by what I'd won
Now abdicated all my confidence undone
I've never been an oldest son
I've never been the only one
I knew the rain was coming, war was raging all around
But there was no truth I could not stomach
No words could bring me down
But cold and quiet mornings came to take me by surprise
When the silence turned to nothing, I took comfort in the lies
But all the wine in this Coke can couldn't keep you off my mind
And all the times when you wove your slender fingers between mine
I was a king reaffirmed by what I'd won
Now abdicated all my confidence undone
I've never been an oldest son
I've never been the only one
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