Sit up, keep your back straight Learn the alphabet, man up and know your place I'm hardwired this way I think I've had enough sleep It's hard enough to dream But I've had head talks and they don't get me anywhere The sunshine happy I don't mind the taste of my own hair We live in brown paper towns now Pollute our hands and hair We hang our kill on coat racks beside the mill And cry as our hair recedes We'll be in the sick You don't need pills to know you're boring Everyone to death The rush you get when I Tie your riddled spine to the ground and you Spin like a marionette You don't need anyone to be your coffin Let's leave it to the psychics and magic tricks You don't need a cloak made of silk and lace Or a house to drown out on your wedding day You don't need anyone to be your coffin