There`s a middle-aged woman, she`s dragging her feet
She carries baskets of clothes to a laundromat
While the Mexican children, kick rocks into the street
And they laugh in a language I don`t understand
But I love them, why do I love them?
So the neighborhood`s dimming, I smoke on the porch
Watch the people as they pass enclosed inside their cars
On their faces just anger or disappointment
I start wishing there was something I could offer them
A consolation, what could I offer them?
Well, they are sad in their suburbs, robots water the lawn
and everything they touch gets dusted spotless
And so they start to believe they`ve not touched anything at all
And the cars in the driveway only multiply
Well, They are lost in their houses
I`ve heard them sing in the shower
Making speeches to their sister on the telephone
Saying, "You come home, woman, you come here
Don`t stay so far away from me"
This weather has me wanting love more tangible
Something I can hold
cause it`s getting cold
Let`s hold up our fists to the flame in the sky
To block out the light that`s reaching for our eyes
Cause it, cause it would blind us
Yeah it will blind us
Well, I`ve locked my actions in the grooves of routine
So I may never be free of this apathy
But I wait for a letter that`s coming to me
She sends me pictures of the ocean in an envelope
So there still is hope, yes, I can be healed
There is someone looking for what I`ve concealed
In my secret drawer, in my pockets deep
You will find the reasons that I can`t sleep
And you will still want me
But will you still want me?
Will you still want me?
Well i said "Come for the week, you can sleep in my bed
And pass through my life like a dream through my head
It will be easy
I`ll make it easy"
But, all I have for the moment is a song to pass the time
And a melody to keep me from worrying
Some simple progression to keep my fingers busy
And words that are sure to come back to me
And they`ll be laughing
And they`ll be laughing
My mediocrity, my mediocrity
Yeah they`ll be laughing
Yeah they`ll be laughing
They will be laughing
