All American - Down By Law

Combat boots and a scratched up record

Signed by the hero of long ago

A pair of vans and some torn up blue jeans

This is his world, that’s what he knows

He’s gonna find a girl who thinks like he does

Gonna grow older but never old

Heard his first punk song when he was 16

Minor threat I think it was

24 now — hates his job

Used to know why — now it’s just because

Skates a lot — he likes the older wheels

Big and green with independent trucks

Had a girlfriend, they broke up last week

She said his friends were useless fucks

He’s gonna find a girl who thinks like he does

Gonna grow older but never old

He’s following a different drum

For him these are the years of gold

In high school the teachers thought he was stupid

But he got A’s when he wanted to in class

He’s watching out for the football jocks

So far they haven’t kicked his ass