Sidewalk Crouching Worldwide

Picture a New York scene,
What a hip cool gleam,
She's really licking an ice cream
While you're trying not to scream.
Which ain't easy.

But there is subtext to all of this
As soon becomes apparent...

With a quick fix shoot-up
You can win
Instant passage to the moon
Right along with all the people in the room.

Trying to divide a dose
There lying in a silver spoon,
Jesus Christ,
The blood of your life
Draining into a paper cup.

For plenty of reasons, everyone's
Just eating it right up.
Are you a winner (this time)?
Sometimes you can't make up your mind
Just what it is you're trying to find.

Heavenly Purple Mountain Majesty!
That's a fucking start.
Let's have the golden overflowing fountains,
The unrestrained and verdant valleys,
And the crystalline clear blue lakes.
In a hurry please.

Laugh, why don't you!
You've got more than just this one shoe,
And what you probably know
And can tell me about me
Is bigger than what fits in this bag —
Which is all I've got to show.

So you make a run for it
To your castle in the sand,
To that life in the forbidden land.
Far from this place where angels
Keep their helping hands hidden
Lest they get bitten.
Right off.

On the sidewalk crouching
Down low with mind blown open,
You can stalk like a thief and a killer,
But how far, how far can you even
Walk.

© 2001 Koko Jaeger