New Street People
(专辑: Social Studies - 1999)
Trapped in skyscraper, office space Take your break, escape in haste I'd walk a
mile for that great taste Of my brand I
thee sing Standing there in pairs and threes Chattering teeth and trembling knees We French inhale and then we sneeze And suddenly it's Spring We're the
new street people We're the
ones you see Standing outside smoking Where the
air is free So far you've had just two today Baby, you've come a
long, long way Down forty flights what can I
say Just to get that hit We stand around, the
helpless ones With the
homeless, the
winos, the
bums Reteach us how to suck our thumbs Show us how to quit Ostracized in restaurants Aeroplanes and public haunts Deprived of our most precious wants That is to say, the
weed We see the
billboards and we long To live there, that's where we belong Where looking cool is never wrong It's normal to need We're the
new street people We're the
ones you see Standing outside smoking Where the
air is free Ten thousand toxic natural shocks Filter, flavor, flip-top box Thank God when it's five o'clock That's when we go home Behind closed doors every night Matches flare and lighters light There we exercise the
right To be left alone Rooms fill up with acrid haze We fill up our favorite ash trays It's just like the
good old bad days We only err in here But tomorrow we'll be back outside Along the
street where we can't hide Stripped of dignity and pride Sucking cigs in fear We're the
new street people We're the
ones you see Standing outside smoking Where the
air is free