Just Another Story

<br>Father comes home `cos his money`s run out -<br>seems a little loose tonight, he starts to shout.<br><br>Dinner`s not on the table, seems mother`s not able,<br>she`s staring at the TV.<br><br>You can smell it on his breath, feel it in his touch,<br>he never meant to hit her hard, but he`s like that when he`s had too much.<br><br>It`s just another story `bout going too far,<br>it`s just another story `bout going too far.<br><br>Well the kid`s at school, she`s getting good grades,<br>but the peer pressure`s starting now - too bad, she had it made.<br><br>Seems there`s always someone trying to push you to do something, you know, ain`t the way they told you to -<br>it`s hard to see<br>the things you taught her, how to be, it`s like you told her nothing, selective memory.<br><br>Come on try it, it`s just a smoke, ain`t gonna kill you, so she takes a toke -<br>fade to grey.<br><br>It`s just another story `bout going too far,<br>it`s just another story `bout going too far.<br><br>Well the guys at work seemed OK, they`d buy you a drink, get you laid, what`s wrong with that?<br><br>Why`d they have more money than you, expensive cars, expensive clothes, d`you ever think of what they do?<br><br>At night they`re out, shakin` people down, when they`re walking together seems they own the town.<br><br>But hey, who`s gonna talk, you are their alibi, don`t turn around, don`t ask questions, just walk -<br><br>It`s just another story `bout going too far,<br>it`s just another story `bout going too far.