James Lynn Strait
The Box
Yesterday when I was just a boy in times of youthful hero worship
My kind have been molded by images on the screen
Brought up to emulate the big guns
Another guest on death`s best show
The influence cuts deeper than mom knows
Electric waves the demon`s fly
Now could we just be bred to kill or DIE
There must be something else
The blame I place on myself
Behind tired eyes the demons stir
The tears go uncried
In the Box - doin` time
Now that I`m grown
Abandoned childhood toys
But still what danger have I retained'
To grab the brass ring
& go in for the kill & covet the goods you know dem got for murder
In the box - doin` time
& the minds are locked down
The Box
Yesterday when I was just a boy in times of youthful hero worship
My kind have been molded by images on the screen
Brought up to emulate the big guns
Another guest on death`s best show
The influence cuts deeper than mom knows
Electric waves the demon`s fly
Now could we just be bred to kill or DIE
There must be something else
The blame I place on myself
Behind tired eyes the demons stir
The tears go uncried
In the Box - doin` time
Now that I`m grown
Abandoned childhood toys
But still what danger have I retained'
To grab the brass ring
& go in for the kill & covet the goods you know dem got for murder
In the box - doin` time
& the minds are locked down