Halos and helicopters   everything is over my head.   Thought they were coming to save me, but they just left me here for dead.      I hopped in an ambulance   caught a ride back to my old hometown.   Got out at four corners,   and watched the crowd gather 'round.      For the homecoming parade   where they called me a hero and asked me why i've changed   At the homecoming parade   they're killing off their favorite sons.      Angels and astronauts   everyone is looking down at me.   I thought they were coming to help   but they're just falling out of the sky.      There's a laugh track, but no one's smiling.   Everyone is keeping their head down.   No one wants to make a scene in this small minded town   where all the mothers drink 'til they drown.      At the homecoming parade   where they call you a hero and then spike the lemonade.   At the homecoming parade--   they're killing off their favorite sons   and all their daughters are on the run      Heretics and hometown heroes   we all get treated the same.   They line us up to praise us   'til they turn the tv cameras off.      Then they line us up and interview us,   then they line us up and accuse us,   then they line us up and shoot us.      At the homecoming parade   where they call you a hero as they tie you to the stake.   At the homecoming parade   they're killing off their favorite sons,   they've got all their daughters on the run.   They've been killing off their favorite sons for years   all their daughters are picking up their guns and getting out of here.