Take it Back

A thistle and flower contesting what's left of the dirt Between the sidewalk's cracks cower in the shadow of my foot As my Converse All-Stars eclipse the fluorescent moon Of the motel beside Urban Planet saying, "All must go - Closing soon" In the age of global telepathy, jokes get tired easy Don't stop me if you've heard this before Its phonics precede its meaning It goes, "Mother these jeans are too long for me I'm not growing into these if it kills me" How's she gonna take this back? How's she gonna take this back? Now that we're closer Now that I can feel your breath Pushing a little bit harder with every word down my neck Maybe you'll hear me Maybe we won't have to yell Maybe I'll smell your disease It's worth a shot; what the hell? In the age of a skunk crossing the street, blinder than pea soup You'll be on the pedal, saying, "I've still got it in for you" Timelessness died buried in concrete The Past became obsolete, don't say "killed", please How's she gonna take this back? How's she gonna take this back? Arcade to the ghost town says, "Oh here they go again, They think they know what they want then you're gone Like Tutankhamen This one thinks he's special Wait 'til he hears about Rome His muzak moans like a church bell in Acadia when no one's home" But it's too big She's never been here before And it's too big Saying nothing original And it's too big She's never been here before Too big But saying nothing original