"Evolution" lyrics

In this house we worship things we don't see
Like Reagan and God and the American Dream
I put water in my cheerios yesterday
And mom's putting welfare in the offering plate
My brother still screams at my mother
My mother still screams Jesus's name
But we don't believe in evolution
So everything stays just the same

I have a scar from when I was 5
Making food for myself with too sharp a knife
It's no wonder I hate taking anyone's help
Cause I spent my whole life taking care of myself
My father told me that he's sorry
My mother said "it's not that bad"
But just cause children in Africa have it worse
Doesn't mean I don't get to be mad

I changed my hair, and I changed my clothes
I outgrew my views and I outgrew my home
They're still in the same town
Somewhere in Maine
Where we don't believe in evolution
So everything stays just the same

I guess we're all trying to talk to God
Ask him for help, ask him where it went wrong
He created this mess then he left it alone
Can't find the decency to pick up the phone
My sister put needles in her arm
She died with a prayer on her tongue
But maybe she's up there getting the answers
The rest of us are still waiting on

I changed my hair, and I changed my clothes
I outgrew my views and I outgrew my home
They're still in the same town
Somewhere in Maine
Where we don't believe in evolution
So everything stays just the same

Ooh, ooh

They're still in the same town
Somewhere in Maine
Where we don't believe in evolution
So everything stays just the same