As I stand on Alexander hamilton's grave I find a way to pass the time
Smoke a joint and slowly undo my mind
This street was named after a big wooden wall that didn't take that long to fall
People think it was concrete, no it wasn't

And I'm sure there's a drug test I c(sh)ould be taking
I'm breaking many a law
I feel like an ice skater on a lake that's melting
Or a snowman that's only a carrot nose and buttons after the thaw
I am a man of straw

As I stand over here there's a cemetery
People here are dead buried
For a century or two. That's a long time
This poor guy died on 9/11, but it's not of that same year
It's a hundred years before
Before that date was taken and hijacked forever

And I'm sure there's a drug test I sh(c)ould be taking
I'm breaking many a law
I feel like an ice skater on a lake that's melting
Or a snowman that's only a carrot nose and buttons after the thaw
I am a man of straw

I don't have to work tomorrow or the day after that
Or maybe never you know
But someday I'm gonna run out of student loans
My grandma's in the hospital, she's probably dead
Cause I don't call my mother and I don't know what she said
But I really love my grandma and I'm using her quilt and I hope that she knows this

And I'm sure there's a drug test I should be taking
I'm breaking many a law
I feel like an ice skater on a lake that's melting
Or a snowman that's only a carrot nose and buttons after the thaw
I am a man of straw

My homework's not getting done, I'd rather play this here guitar
It's worked for me this far
It's a system at least. I play and then I pretend to study.
But my teachers are all masters students and they don't care what I do
They just want to see themselves through the system
They don't make very much, they don't get health insurance or anything

And I'm sure there's a drug test I sh(c)ould be taking
I'm breaking many a law
I feel like an ice skater on a lake that's melting
Or a snowman that's only a carrot nose and buttons after the thaw
I am a man of straw

I only write to sing, I only sing to write
And I play guitar in between those things
And I can't get a trumpet player if I sold my soul for one
A girlfriend, who wants a girlfriend?
A boyfriend, who wants a boyfriend?
Who wants anything at all
Who wants to be big, who wants to be small
Who wants to be ugly
Pretty people have their problems too
And I'm not rich,
I am a Christian not a Jew
But I wish I was a Jew then I could go to barmitzvahs and get free food
And if I was thirteen I would be considered a man
I don't think I consider myself a man
I'm 25.
Oh man that's really depressing.
My whole life is window-dressing.
I don't mean to make my mother all stressed out
But living in new york will do the trick I guess

And I think everyone in this cemetery knows I'm high
And I think when I left Minnesota I forgot to say goodbye to everybody
I've been back 10 times on the holidays and I still haven't said goodbye
I still haven't said goodbye.

And I think everyone in this cemetery knows I'm doing something illegal
They probably think I'm gonna sleep here and stay the night and steal people's clothes
How can I steal people's clothes when they're buried/wearing them
I'm high. Hello I'm high. Hello I'm high.

I went to Hollywood to get some weed.
I went to Hollywood to get some weed.
I'm not even sure that this is weed.
Josh's weed sucks.

And i'm sure there's a drug test my mom wishes I was taking
And I'm breaking many a law
I feel like an ice skater on a lake that's melting
Or a snowman that's only a carrot nose and buttons after the thaw
I heard the tinman died from the makeup he had on
And the guy got asthma, the man of straw
And the horses that were colored green...

Well they're all dead now.

I don't know if it was the makeup or old age but even if it wasn't the makeup those horses would have to be like 1oo years old now
I don't think horses live that long.
Most people don't live that long.
I hope I live that long.
I hope I live that long.

As I stand on Alexander Hamilton's grave I wonder what he'd say about this song
I think he was for peace and I think he wanted us independent
And I think he'd be happy knowing that I wrote a song about him