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1. |
Lunchbox
04:40
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standing at the bus stop
Santa Ana hot wind
books in my backpack
Huckleberry Finn
boarding the school bus
hello to Mr. Ray
another daydream
another lost Monday
Daddy’s on a six-week job
life in permanent plunge
Mommy got out of bed today
and packed me a lunch
why does it get lonely
when the world is awake
why does a dream feel real
when it’s fake
but I forgot
staring out the window
talking to all my friends
the route goes on and on
it never ends
by Woodbury’s variety
and Bowl America
got no compass
lost in America
the teacher keeps talking
we’re hiding underneath the desks
pretending there’s an air raid
‘cause it’s always a risk
in line in the gymnasium
from two to almost three
waiting for the liquid gun
so we don’t get TB
Mommy, I forgot
my lunchbox
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2. |
Frank Ed Ray
02:42
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I am just an average guy
one of the school bus crew
and all I want to do each day
is make this loop with you
Frank Ed Ray, Frank Ed Ray
I’m not the first to hold this job
but I know what to do
and all I want to see each day
is my favorite loop with you
anyone can do this work
and rocket science, too
as long as I can sit and drive
the school bus loop with you
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3. |
Negative Space
03:36
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at war with myself
and everybody else
starving at the banquet
bleeding, no tourniquet
misplacing myself
and everybody else
ember in the rainstorm
dying and never born
the picture’s getting clearer
there’s nothing in the mirror
I’m in some other place
in negative space
and I know it’s wrong
I have some other face
in negative space
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4. |
I Dream of Open Skies
03:13
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straining in these shackles
wilting in the heat
no air or sunshine in
this underground retreat
man in the collar says
‘we get what we deserve’
but I don’t know
the meaning of the word
seeking absolution in
this God-forsaken box
no doors or windows, son
only locks
I am yet burdened now
my spirit not set free
‘by the power
vested in me’
and I dream of open skies
hear their voices ringing
outside the wall
climbing to the ceiling
as one by one we fall
the dream of freedom is
oxygen to me
but I don’t know
the station of the key
wiping the sleep from my eyes
I dream of open skies
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5. |
Underdogs
03:44
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that common animal
is not around here
it’s not around here anymore
that common creature
was a passing fancy
he’s not around here anymore
what would he be for
underdogs
under the weight
under the radar
under the freight
if a body catch a body
coming through the rye
do they hold a patch of open sky?
that classic character
is out of vogue now
she’s not around now, anymore
what would she be for
do they light a path to open sky?
can we catch a ray
of warm sunshine?
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