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Jeff Spate Oct 2019
I'm afraid to look into my rear view mirror
Something's creepin up on me
There's a train wreck comin that I can't see
I'm gonna be squashed!
Like a bug on the wall

Like a bug on the wall
And all my hopes and dreams
Everything I thought I'd be
Will go leakin out of me
Leakin out of me...
Inspired by the first time I drove and 18 wheel tractor trailer through the city of Chicago during Friday rush hour.  I was certain that it was the end of days.
Jeff Spate Oct 2019
Carbon copied roadside attractions
Plastered over every town
Buy two and get one free
*** toys and Fireworks

We got evangelicals pushing Jesus
Get your liquor guns and ammo here
Slippery smiles of ambulance chasers
By the phone waitin' for your call

All over this big wide nation
Don't matter where you roam
Get your fix at the next exit
*** toys and Fireworks!
If you are a traveler like me, you will notice certain patterns in the sites you see as you cross this American continent.  These are some of my observations.  Tell me it ain't so.
Jeff Spate Oct 2019
They tell me that in Chilliwack
you can buy some righteous ****
Me I'm on my way to Hope
Hoping for something better
Maybe I can get for free

But the wheels they won't stop turning
And I just wanna fly
Way out west where California is burning
The tree tops touch the sky
Yeah the tree tops touch the sky

And there's a guy I know in Vegas
You know he just can't say NO
Over and over he's rolling again
Betting on something better
Maybe he can win for free

But the wheels they won't stop turning
And he just wants ta fly
Way out west where California is burning
The tree tops touch the sky, he cries
Why o why can't I

She says he used to be her drug of choice
But now she swears she's finally kicked
That's why she's on her way to Hope
Dreaming of something better
Maybe she can get from me

But the wheels  they won't stop turning
And she just wants to fly
Way out west where California is burning
the tree tops touch the sky
Maybe all you have to do is try...
This
Jeff Spate Mar 2017
Alt left, Alt right
stand up sit down
fight fight fight!
Repeal it replace it
walk it back roll it back
a global disgrace!
Data collection election collusion
democracy's just
another illusion!
Jeff Spate Mar 2017
I keep thinking
Planning and dreaming
And plotting and scheming
For winning this game
There must be some way
Without selling your soul
Or becoming a slave
Nope
Sorry, I don't really believe that.  I just like to play in dark corners.  Cheers
Jeff Spate Jan 2017
I’m mad it is clear
So tell me
How?
Am I mad?
And tell me
Why?
Am I mad?
Because I’m
Deaf
Blind
And dumb
Because
I’m mad?
Jeff Spate Jan 2017
Well
You’ve got to admit
It really is a crazy world
But then again
It always has been
Really
Crazy
Right?
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