Screaming Hand - Jay Reatard

When I was a young boy, I didn’t need much

A kind word or two, or a warm touch

But instead, I got a man

With an empty beer bottle and a screaming hand

You are my hero (x4)

Oh no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no

You are my hero (x4)

And you’re dying now

I tried my best, to still have fun

Cowboys and Indians, mudpies and cap-guns

But instead, I got a man

With an empty beer bottle and a screaming hand

You are my hero (x4)

Oh no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no

You are my hero (x4)

And you’re dying now

But that young boy, he’s older now

He thought life was simple, but he’s finding out

Just how hard things were, for this old man

With an empty beer bottle in his screaming hand