Bottle Rockets - Kid Next Door Lyrics

Scott Taylor/Brian Henneman

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The kid next door
The kid next door
Now he ain't comi'n home no more
I watched him grow
I watched him go
Now he ain't comin' home no more...

He was a high school football star
And that boy really loved his car
I can still hear that loud hip hop
As he was comin down the block
Remember there in my garage
In his desert camoflage
He told me not to worry none
He'd be back when his work was done

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Some nights I can hear the sound
Of a football game way 'cross town
Without his number or his name
People cheerin' just the same
Now that kid is forever gone
Was it right or was it wrong
Did it change the bottom line
We keep on livin' as we keep on dyin

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Sittin' there all alone
Parked out back like his tombstone
A black '02 Camaro
With a silent kick ass stereo