Mrs. Carver says she's sorry 
 
 She knows enough not to worry 
 
 But what does she know about crime? 
 
 Believes the town is sinking 
 
 The price of forward thinking 
 
 You stay up all night half the time 
 
  
  Racking your mind 
 
 Alone in the night 
 
 While all your neighbors sleep tight 
  
 
 Years ago she lost her daughter 
 
 Off to a sacred order 
 
 Where they got stoned and worked the earth 
 
 Clears up her head with bourbon 
 
 Cause beer is so suburban 
 
 And declasse for what it's worth 
  
 
 She drinks it down down down 
 
 For all the old old days 
 
 She's thinking of it now 
 
 It's nice to get away 
 
 But what a fine day for a parade 
  
 
 She stays up mending curtains 
 
 Until her fingers hurt, and 
 
 You can get so bored of it all 
 
 No one can say for certain 
 
 She'll never safely know when 
 
 An asteroid will kill us all 
  
 
 She drinks it down down down 
 
 For all the old old days 
 
 She's thinking of it now 
 
 It's nice to get away 
 
 But what a fine day for a parade