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My Autobiography Through Lyrics
On Birth:
“Born in the U.S.A., I was born in the U.S.A.
I was born in the U.S.A., born in the U.S.A.,” Bruce Springsteen
“I am a citizen of the planet, I was born here, I’m going to die here, come what may. I’m entitled by my birth to the treasures of the earth. No one must be denied these, no one must be denied. Easy dreams at the end of a chain-smokin’ day, easy dreams at the end of the day,” Simon & Garfunkel
On Childhood:
“Educated in a small town, taught to fear Jesus in a small town.
“Used to daydream in that small town, another boring romantic, that’s me,” John Mellencamp.
“Catholic girls start much too late. They showed you a statue, told you to pray, built you a temple, and locked you away
Aw, but they never told you the price that you pay for things that you might have done. The stained-glass curtain you’re hiding behind
never lets in the sun,” Billy Joel
“Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah,” Leonard Cohen
And you, of tender years,
can’t know the fears your elders grew by. Help them with your youth, they seek the truth before they can die. Teach your parents well,” Crosby…
