Expectations

That boy had the highest of expectations
 And he heard that Jesus would fill him up
 Maybe something got lost in the language
 If this was full, then why bother?
 This was not the way it looked on the billboard, oh
 Smiling family beaming down on the interstate
 You know that we all try to blame someone
 When our dreams won't rise up from their sleep
 And the reaching of the steeple felt like one more
 Expensive ad for something cheap
 This was not the way it looked on the billboard, oh
 Smiling family beaming down on the interstate
 He dressed up nice for the congregation
 Scared somebody's gonna find him out
 Through the din and the clatter of the hallelujahs
 A stained glass Jesus sings
 This was not the way it looked on the billboard, oh
 Smiling family beaming down on the interstate