Blue October Lyrics
"Any Man In America"

(I lost my head and my cool)
(I lost my head)
(My head)

I only know spending time away
I only know the truth is spoken best when brutally
So honestly, I'll let you know
You set the standards lyrically for me

One single middle finger, saying raise it up
My speech will always be free
Like Martin Luther King you had meaning to me
Single-handedly
Saving music's starving industry
A hip-hop legend with skin like invisible ink
Like, even though he was whiter than me
He was the first to be colorless
Speaking for all of us
And then you let us into your family
Mother
Father
Brother
Sister
Wife
Daughter
Damn right in front of me.

"That's when I missed my daughter desperately"
Your 'Mockingbird' put dents in me
While touring, press, and reliving my song 'Hate Me'
I was losing custody...
I never even saw that sh*t
How she played me and planned and sought it fit
To turn the trick
And financially she would benefit
My first and probably only billboard hit
Was gonna pay for my two year old's college
I should have hid that sh*t
So she couldn't spend that sh*t
It took twenty years of working just to earn that sh*t
Now word for word
I've listened, heard and I'm done
Done...

You don't know
You act like you believe it
That you're in control
It's just your legal system though
They don't think about you
They don't care about you
Now every man in America take back your control
You don't know
You act like you believe it
That you're in control
It's just your legal system though
They don't think about you
No they don't care about you
Now every man in America take back your control

So I kept business quiet
Just like my lawyer said
And I tried to focus all of my anger in my work instead
I was succeeding and self reliant
But inside my soul is dead
I had to be the sole provider
But not allowed to be the Dad.

Literally they took her from me
Legally they did, they did
But I'm not a f*ckin' book
"So f*ck your book in Lincoln" I said
"F*ck that judge,
F*ck that county,
F*ck your family too,
F*ck everybody that took away my baby girl, Blue."

I'm way too strong
I work my ass off all day long
And I'm gone for months at a time
When you keep sittin' there lying
B*tching, "Come back home!"
I hate you, hate you,
When I'd come back home
You'd file for another f*cking divorce
I'm sick of all the trying
I'm sick of you instead
But I'm not sick up in my head.....

You don't know
You act like you believe it
That you're in control
It's just your legal system though
They don't think about you
They don't care
Now every man in America take back your control
Well you don't know
You act like you're believing
That you're in control
It's your legal system though
They don't think about you
No they don't care about you
Now every man in America take back your control