Halos and helicopters

Everything is over my head

Thought they were coming to save me,

But they just left me here for dead

I hopped in an ambulance

Caught a ride back to my old hometown

Got out at four corners,

And watched the crowd gather 'round

For the homecoming parade

Where they called me a hero

And asked me why i've changed

At the homecoming parade

They're killing off their favorite sons

Angels and astronauts

Everyone is looking down at me

I thought they were coming to help

But they're just falling out of the sky

There's a laugh track,

But no one's smiling

Everyone is keeping their head down.

No one wants to make a scene

In this small minded town

Where all the mothers drink 'til they drown

At the homecoming parade

Where they call you a hero

And then spike the lemonade

At the homecoming parade

They're killing off their favorite sons

And all their daughters are on the run

Heretics and hometown heroes

We all get treated the same

They line us up to praise us

'Til they turn the tv cameras off

Then they line us up and interview us

Then they line us up and accuse us

Then they line us up and shoot us

At the homecoming parade

Where they call you a hero

As they tie you to the stake

At the homecoming parade

They're killing off their favorite sons

They've got all their daughters on the run

They've been killing off

Their favorite sons for years

All their daughters

Are picking up their guns

And getting out of here.