Diet For A New America

Balcony in el paso
Cigarette butts grace my balcony
And the remains of a dead pigeon seem somewhat poetic
The life form that scurries around below
Is a misture of tex-mex and trailer park trash
I know you - 'cause i used to live here, too
Guess that makes you just like me
That make you wonder about yourself?

I don't know why
I'm here but i can't stay
The more things change
The more they stay the strange

Sittin' here on this plane
Watchin' the empty faces crawl past me
You know they all seem to have ingested
That same melancholy pill
Instead of warm, fuzzy and safe
They seem cold and judgmental
Little conversations come in and out of audio focus
It's all in slow motion but somehow moving at the
Speed of fear
I feel such the animal, i'm always the animal
My body's the cage - i'm locked in this cage
My home is worn, it's torn, it's been abused
And i like it

(chorus)

Here i sit in another hotel and it smells like someone else
I lay in bed and i can taste the smell
They smell of smoke, the drink, the stink
And the stain on the floor
I wonder was he with his wife?
Or another man's whore
Scratches upon the glass
Tell of the drugs and the radio
Is still on to the music that made them dance
I bet it was sweet
But me?
Fuck man i gotta get some sleep

He walks with angels in his picket
They tell him what to do
His shopping cart's filled with newspapers
And thirty-six discarded shoes
He's met with heavy skepticism
Messiahs don't come everyday

Shopping cart jesus
He wants to talk to you

One hundred blessings on his fingers
He can't give away
He feels so frustrated
Wasn't supposed to go down this way
He really wants to talk to you right now
Messiahs don't come everyday
He wears a bag on his head for a hat
He's got sores on his feet
And shit in his pants, he wonders why when he speaks
The word - the people walk away

Shopping cart jesus
He wants to talk to you
He wants to talk to me

So jesus stands on this corner
And his gospel falls to the ground
He's cold and he's hungry
And he needs a drink
And he knows nobody believes
He walks to the alley and finds salvation
In the form of a forty-five
And on his way home he'll swallow that bullet
To comfort him on his ride

Shopping cart jesus
He wants to talk to you

Candy's nineteen, goes to college in kansas
She

I've been dreamin'
In black and white so long
You know i didn't always hit the shit
But my livin' days are way past gone
I've been thinkin'
Of where i went all wrong
I been livin' in this hole so long
I feel like it's where i belong

Don't laugh - you might be next
Like you got nothin'
You wouldn't like to forget

I've been thinkin'
On why i went so far
I just been chasin' this dragon
All around the block
And i ain't got not car
So now you're sayin'
It's a weakness in my soul
Yeah before you write me off so quick
You better look around at the people
That you know

Don't laugh - you might be next
You got somethin' that you'd like to forget
Stand in line

Don't laugh - you might be next