Verse 1

In your hometown,
the people you used to know
weren't stuck somehow
when you hit the road.
The kids that got high before class
that's in the past.
Now they're lawyers or fuck-ups or someone's Dad.
And now you know

Chorus

That there's no one waiting at the gate.
No one's breaking out the ticker tape.
Oh no
Ditched your sad little scene for a decent routine
and some kids -
look this one's turning three.
You moved out and they moved on,
moved on.

Verse 2

Making it big
was just what you were owed.
And maybe that made sense
to you ten years ago.
It turns out no one was impressed -
another novelist.
Ended up staying out all night instead.
And now you know

Chorus

Bridge

And all those things that you meant to get to,
the years that you spent stalking up and down First Avenue,
are days in the life they've already gone through.
Is there still enough time for you to live through those days too?

Verse 3

You could make some calls.
It might be alright,
and you'd hate to waste
a Saturday night.
But as you're getting your phone out,
start having doubts.
What the hell would you even talk about?
And now you know

Chorus

Interesting Times

The People You Used To Know

Verse 1

Small town kid,
back in '88,
said the brass ring wasn't worth the wait.
So he struck out
on his own.
Now he's wondering how he ended up alone.

Chorus

And he's still waiting for his moment to come.
We're all just waiting for our moment to come.

Verse 2

Started well,
had some success,
but soon enough he made some sucker bets.
When there was nothing
left in the till,
his wife, she ended up footing the bill.

Chorus

But he's still waiting for his moment to come.
We're all just waiting for our moment to come.

Verse 3

Wife and kids,
college friends
said that he went off the deep end.
Every empire starts
with some dream,
but hold on too long and it'll poison everything.

Chorus

But he's still waiting for his moment to come.
I know I'm waiting for my moment to come.

Still Waiting

Verse 1

I like my life
of quiet desperation.
It's all that I've ever known.
Even if I could
break all my obligations,
I couldn't outswim the undertow.

Chorus

But still it seems
there's got to be something more -
least I read that somewhere before.
Oh no oh

Verse 2

I like my nights
of drunken conversation.
They're better than staying home alone.
But eventually I
start making accusations.
That's when I get thrown out the door

Chorus

Bridge

I've never been big on joining in.
Didn't learn about life from Anthony Quinn.
But something's got to give,
cause while the years used to pass so slow,
they don't anymore.
No

Verse 3

I like the sight
of the sun on Monday morning.
Here we fucking go again.
And I'll put the lid on
all the grievances I'm storing.
Hey, someone's got to pay the rent.

Chorus

Even If I Could

Verse 1

Got a feeling,
but I'm probably wrong.
I ought to save it for later,
don't have much I can pawn.
Maybe it's something 'bout the way we live now.
We had the thrill of the chase,
but now we're watching the Dow.

Chorus

And that's why I had to call you.
I need something that could fall through -
An underdog on the road plus twenty-two.
Put it on the line just like they used to.

Verse 2

How did I miss that?
Man, I should've known.
Sitting in rush hour traffic,
on my way home.
Let it go, take a deep breath now.
Don't want to end up like Michael Douglas
in that one "Falling Down".

Chorus

Bridge

Maybe lay off for a couple of days.
But when I do seems like the world turns gray.
There's no sense of danger behind a shopping cart,
there's no adrenaline rush making a new flow chart.
You say you're satisfied,
I say you've just given up.

Verse 3

Don't want to chase,
but I'm down so low.
Seems like I was just up a thousand,
now I'm not sure what I owe.
Man, I was feeling like a superstar,
but now I'm looking up the Blue Book value on my car.

Chorus

Weird Fiction