Annotated lyrics for The Hold Steady song 'You Did Good Kid' - You did good kid. / You did good kid. / When your low serotonin's got you brittle and glitchy / And your friend from the null set isn't calling you back yet / And your opening bombs and you're a few beats up ahead of the laugh track. / How you gonna talk about who's toxic or not? / You gonna pick thru the pills? You gonna call in the cops? / The comedian claimed that he forgot all his props. / And the jokes don't really work well without them. / We were sleeping on the shuttle on the way to the club. / And the holy perception and the most precious blood / It flooded the ruts and it soaked the upholstery. / The driver made us walk the remainder. / She came around the corner with a diplomat's shake. / And some kind of crystal container. / Yeah, mutually assured destruction is oftentimes a no-brainer. / The drifters in the kitchen / Were thrashing thru the passion. / Boys, let's try to keep it on the carpet. / You wouldn't be so impressed with the sunrise / If it wasn't for the darkness. / You did good kid. / You did good kid. / But you settled for the first girl that said you were sweet. / You bought a little house up on Sycamore Street. / You hung around the money until they cut you a piece. / You did good kid. You did good kid. / But the things they didn't tell you when you went off to work. / How does it feel? Where does it hurt? / You can't see the wires when they're under his shirt. / But they're taking down every single detail. / He came into the club with the commemorative plates. / A depiction of The Slaughter at Shiloh. / The light in his eyes was diminished / But they announced his arrival. / Once the assistant hitched us into the harness / The wolves all started acting kinda sheepish. / Woke up in a bed with a spray painted mattress / Dripping wet with the emotional weakness. / And every single moment gets abandoned and emptied. / Every single speaker gets blown. / And now you wanna go home. / Oh dude. They made a movie starring you. / Oh man. This wasn't what you planned. / You fold your hands and you laugh at the jokes. / You did good kid. You did good kid. / Oaks and acorns. Acorns and oaks. / You did good kid. You did good kid. / Searching out another mouth in the smoke. / You did good kid. You did good kid. / You did good kid.