Brakeless

The bank sign out my window is laughing in my face
'Cause it's 7 in the morning and only 4 degrees
And there's a city budget crisis, they're closing all the libraries
There's no money left for nothing, so they're only plowing Broad Street

Picking lunch over the subway, I've got 4 bucks to my name
And it's another morning bike ride in the fucking freezing rain
I pull a second pair of gloves, I'm tying bags around my feet
I'm not getting trench foot this week

I, I heard a song on the radio
That tried to tell me I'm not alone
But I feel like it today

I swerve left to dodge a car door at 12th and Cecil B
Caught my front wheel in the trolley tracks and slid across the street
I showed up to work all bloodied up, but still got all my teeth
And lately that's what's passing as lucky, lucky for me

I, I heard a song on the radio
That tried to tell me I'm not alone
But I feel like it today
And I, I heard a song on the radio
Said that that's just the way it goes
And I think I'm gonna break

I keep thinking of ways to make it seem like an accident
Pulled the brake off my bike, so if the bus runs the light, well then...
I've been telling myself that it can't be that serious
But if I'm talking like this, I guess it is

I, I heard a song on the radio
That tried to tell me I'm not alone
And I, I heard a song on the radio
Said that that's just the way it goes
And I think I'm gonna break