It's not mine, but it rocks!
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Update: 20030726
I found out this is a song by El Pollo Verde
I don't really like the song, but I still think the lyrics rock
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The Passion of a Fine Young Man
by Kevin Robert Mulcahy

the cap is off
but the ink is gone
and hope is the rope
i hung myself on

they'd like me to do
tricks in my cage
'cause passion's in fashion
and i'm full of rage

they'd like me to hit
some sickly sweet note
it's late
and i hate
whatever i wrote

they'd like me to be
what i am not
but happy
and sappy
i must have forgot

they'd like me to try
to seize every day
tomorrow
more sorrow
i feel sick anyway

they want me to think
quite positively
and tonight
i might
just watch more tv

they forced off the cap
and the passion is gone
and hope is the rope
they'll hang themselves on