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Cold Beer And Cigarettes Tab

by David Bazan


DDDD AA 


A white ghost, making his way up the west coast
		    			      
Trying to focus his high hopes on a vagina or two
        	     
He's taking his chances

Meanwhile, back in his living room
				           
Bright smiles are watching his toddler run speed trials
		     
Over a grandmother's rug
    		 
And nature advances

          
   Up the interstate
        
He's been awake
        	     	         
And pretty drunk for three whole days
       	
No one wants to stop
                          
Until they get to where they're going
                             
I'll get to where I'm going pretty soon

      		    
So he takes another drink
		            
'Cause watching the scenery bleed
		  
Into each similar scene
                            
Isn't as sweet as it had been in his dreams

          


It's faster to buy cigarettes and some cold beer
			
If you don't rattle the cashier
      		           
By asking her back to your room
      
She's calling security


Our car's on fire in the parking lot
		       
And nobody wants it to rain
But God isn't listening
			  
So all of the windshields glisten
The water and oil mix
		    
Causing the fire to spread
			      
To five or six innocent automobiles
			
Waiting in their nearby spots
		       
What a cruel God we've got

                    	
Right on, right on, right on
      	     
Right on, right on
                        
Right on, right on, right on
                  
Right on, right on

		    
So he takes another drink
			    
'Cause watching the formula bleed
		  
Into each similar thing
               			      
Isn't as sweet as it had been in his dreams