Careful Kid

When I was young My sister told me to just hold my breath and wait To pass the graveyard And I believed her And she always drove so slow And as I scoff at superstition Sucking air and held my nose And suddenly these days it doesn't seem so bad to breathe in, in a ghost As I'm shaking in my boots and [?] Hop on the straps, get going I'm [?] with trepidation Just be careful kid, don't blow it And I'll pray for absolution Oh Saint Peter, get the mail Think I'll scribble down my worries My [?] passed, and I exhale Thin light cloud of water vapor The winter never bothered mе The orange light of my basemеnt heater I guess there's plenty company I don't know just what I'm doing here But I don't feel dismayed The mirror looks on in shame And I don't know why I got this grin from ear to ear But I'll mow it over From [?] to [?] Wait! Another rehashed conversation I think I've had a thousand times Another lay in bed stay-cation Stuffing excuses between my sighs And I don't know what I could say to make you think I'm getting better Well the sky's still looking grey I can't say I fit the weather When I was young My sister told me to just hold my breath and wait To pass the graveyard And I believed her And she always drove so slow Another day, I passed a preacher And our eyes met right on queue He handed me a book of Bible hymns I knew I'd never use Well I don't know just what I'm doing here But I don't feel dismayed The mirror looks on in shame And I don't know why I got this grin from ear to ear But I'll mow it over From [?] to [?] And wait