PORTABLE WALLS AND TOILET STALLS
THE AMERICAN DREAM…YOUVE GOT IT ALL
A CUBE AS MY DESTINY
WONDERING WHERES THE REST OF ME?
A TUNE THAT I CANT HUM
FEELS LIKE IVE TURNED DUMB
YOU THINK YOURE SURE…SO SECURE
TOOK YOUR PLACE…IN THE HUMAN RACE
AND THEN YOU TURN YOUR HEAD
LOOKOUT RIGHT AHEAD! HEY!
I JUST CANNOT TELL YOU WHAT IS WRONG
UNLESS I SING IT IN THIS SIMPLE SONG
I DONT WHATS MINE TO LOSE
UNLESS IT COMES OUT IN THE BLUES
CONTENT IN THE SLOW RIGHT LANE
COLLISION COURSE WITH A TRAIN
A BOXER IN A ROUTE
AND THEN HE KNOCKS HIMSELF OUT! HEY!
I JUST CANNOT TELL YOU WHAT IS WRONG
UNLESS I SING IT IN THIS SIMPLE SONG
I DONT WHATS MINE TO LOSE
UNLESS IT COMES OUT IN THE BLUES
I CANNOT GET MY HEAD AROUND
CANT SHUT OFF THE RINGING SOUND
BACK AND FORTH, UP AND DOWN THE STREET
ITS LIKE IM NOT IN CHARGE OF MY TWO FEET
A MANAGER WHO RULES NOTHING BUT ANGER
A PILOT WHO NEVER ASCENDS FROM THE HANGAR
A ZEALOT TOO SCARED TO HAVE ROOM FOR DOUBT
A BOXER WHO PUNCHES TILL HE KNOCKS HIMSELF OUT
AND THEN YOU TURN YOUR HEAD
LOOKOUT RIGHT AHEAD! HEY!
I JUST CANNOT TELL YOU WHAT IS WRONG
UNLESS I SING IT IN THIS SIMPLE SONG
I DONT WHATS MINE TO LOSE
UNLESS IT COMES OUT IN THE BLUES
credits
from Denison Flood EP,
released May 6, 2015
Words: Tom Abate, Mark Morelli
Music: Steve Manko, Leland James, Bill Kowalcic, Tom Abate
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