Going To Waste In The Garden State

from Autobio (Part Two) by Val Emmich

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Seems my friends and me are full of jealousy
No one else is taking life seriously
Just us
Just me

All the girls our age are into older guys
Rumor is that Mazza had two at one time
Yeah right
I heard it was three

And we end up at the diner puffing cigarettes
We talk about the girls we could never get
Not now
Maybe eventually

We're bursting at the seams
Waiting for something
But nothing ever happens
When we're on the scene
I want to kiss someone
I want to fall in love
But I'm afraid I'm going to waste
in the Garden State

Playing roller hockey in the cul-de-sac
Jamming out at PJ's cranking Fender amps
We're huge in our dreams

Jay he plays a murderer in a show
And scouts are watching David pitch
He might go pro
Who knows
Could be

Tonight there was a party up at Cathy's house
We were gonna crash but we chickened out
Got stoned
And went to sleep

Andrew hung himself from a backyard tree
Now there is an empty chair next to me
I cried
It could have been me

I'm bursting at the seams
Ready for something
But nothing ever happens
When we're on the scene
I want to have some fun
I guess I'll do some drugs
I'm afraid I'm going to waste
in the Garden State

It's time for me to send my applications out
My grades are high but that's not what I care about
Beth won't sleep with me, she says we're such good friends
It's something that my one-track-mind can't comprehend
And Danny's tripping, listening to my guitar
Convincing everyone that I'm some kind of star
I stay up late, I'm videotaping MTV
I swear that one day soon I'll be just like Eddie
I know
I believe

I'm bursting at the seams
Starving for something
But nothing ever happens
When we're on the scene
I’m restless and I’m numb
I guess I'll fall in love
I'm afraid I'm going insane
Such a shame I'll never escape
from the Garden State

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from Autobio (Part Two), released October 19, 2018

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