i had guards like watchdogs
dogs in a manger
i could feel the protection
possession and anger
and i drove out of there
with no one behind me
feeling funny and free

all you pretty pretenders
negligent vendors
aren't you precious inside
i have no need for anger
with intimate strangers
and i got nothing to hide

i laughed as i said it
this is my situation
it's not pictures or privilege
it's just self preservation
i don't want you to feel
any obligation
it feels so funny to be free

we act empty and innocent
but we are fueled by distortions
of lives led in discontent
trading misfortunes
cause faith is one thing
that is hard to deliver
it feels so funny to be free

all of us aren't we
pretty pretenders
negligent vendors
aren't we precious inside
i have no need for anger
with intimate strangers
and i got nothing to hide
i got nothing to hide

i had guards like watchdogs
dogs in a manger