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Losing It Once Again

The world was supposed to end at six o'clock today  
It reminds me of that Peggy Lee song  
Is that all there is  
 
I can't make it out of bed  
I don't want to leave this room  
Want to listen to Tom Waits  
and drink  
Yes,I'm a terrible drunk  
 
See, I was supposed to go to work today  
but changed my mind  
It happens often  
I'm getting tired of myself  
My phone keeps ringing  
I can't talk now busy at work  
But I think they know I'm really home
 
I think they know that I'm slowly losing it all again  
I feel that emptiness, that feel  
That creeps back every now and then  
It's sucking me in  
 
I watch the people on the bus  
14th st. and Ave C.  
Old black man walks up to me grinning and says "Hey, you got it made"  
I think to myself he must be fucking with me  
I become paranoid and can't wait for the bus to come  
On 14th Street and Ave D.  
 
I still don't know what he meant  
All day I will keep thinking "you got it made"  
It will make me smile  
I will smile because I must have looked insane standing there   
I will smile because he really might have thought I had it made  
 
I guess that will keep me going  
I will laugh at myself  
Just for today  
Something always does  
 
I will confess this to a friend  
and she will confirm that It's true  
I have lost my mind once again  
I will hang up the phone  
and smile  
 
 
 
Written by ali_mon (Aliciam)
Published | Edited 5th Aug 2012
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