Down by the Mile High Stadium
Against a car from Elway Motors
the Bikers work a Trucker over
Just to relieve their Denver tedium
I had a bike once-they took it away
They gave me back my knife
Only the other day, but I don't care
I had a Denver upbringing
My mom was a crooked cop
My Daddy was a realestate creep
They never even went to bed
And they didn't even sleep
My daddy said you crazy maniac
you're never gonna wear that
Forty-five when I'm dead
You gonna drive your Grandma's Pontiac-
That's it, your one and only deal
She's sick and she's down in bed!
No way I said-I was outa there
Lit out to Loveland instead
My mom was a crooked cop
My Daddy was a realestate creep
They never even went to bed
And they didn't even sleep
My mom was a crooked cop
And she sent me to jail
She stole from the county
Then she stole from the city
She sent my rings to Arvada
And she took my ruby buckle
She took my SS Special Luger
And she gave it to my uncle
When my mom got the drop
My whole life was a mess
I tore it apart in Loveland
Which is Denver's bastard pup
My mom was a crooked cop
My Daddy was a realestate creep
They never even went to bed
And they didn't even sleep
Well you can have all my rings
And you can take my silver studs
And you can call me screwball
And you can steal my classy duds
But I've had a Denver Upbringing
And you can't take that away from me
And you can't steal my Freedom
Because I never ever had any.