Permanent Record

verse 1 Took all of the beer bottles from the whole block in my red wagon Cross the highway, in the vacant lot, I got an orange knee-high Baseball cards Maria broke the second-story window With her head and the back of her hand Dad wrapped it up in an old bedsheet And her husband stood around at the end of the block I saved every little thing 'Cause it's hard to throw it all away It's all part of my permanent record And I'm gonna go through it all someday verse 2 Bought a transistor radio For a dollar at Brandon's house I took it apart then I put it back together In a spaceship made from a refrigerator box I made my own French horn With a funnel and some garden hose I left it out in the knee-high grass Night fell, and I never saw it again I saved every little thing 'Cause it's hard to throw it all away It's all part of my permanent record And I'm gonna go through it all someday Bridge Every little word is a dagger Every single look is a diamond ring Nothing can erase this moment It's all there is, it's everything (x4) verse 3 Rode to my grandpa's funeral Backseat of a Pontiac Pinto Big boy, with my aunt and my uncle Was the first time I wore a seat belt I loved a girl named Shannon In my third grade class I never told her that her hair was golden Then I moved away to California I saved every little thing 'Cause it's hard to throw it all away It's all part of my permanent record And I'm gonna go through it all someday Outro And I'm gonna go through it all someday Yea, I'm gonna go through it all someday Someday