friday's tie-dye nightmare

in friday's tie-dye nightmare

i was trying to get from here to there

walking to

passing through people everywhere

i got on at my station

running through the fire

looking for an elevation that would get me a little higher

news of people dying

someone lying on the stair

crying for the nation

can we offer up a prayer

there'll be a coronation

a fancy dress affair

we'll be lined up in formation

but we won't be going anywhere

down the hellhole

trying to make my way

i couldn't get where i wanted

due to an unforeseen delay

the man was apologetic as he turned his head to say

sorry

kid

you're not gonna make it home today

hey mister

why'd you take my ticket away

even more to the point

how come i let you

i could blame it all on you

or make up my mind to stay

i wish i knew a way i could forget you

i didn't read the fine print

y'gotta be on the ball

some days i'm less confident

up against a wall

i wonder where my mind went

i should have made the call

i like to think i'm innocent

but then

don't we all

i got to the next location

hoping for the best

but another situation put me to the test

a man in black pants

a white shirt

and a red vest

had fallen on the track and no one even got depressed

or even guessed he wasn't putting on an act

someone said he'd drunk too much

'cause he was lying on his back

it was also duly noted that he happened to be black

there was a serious lack of anything right at all here

what's the difference - i didn't stop

the very least i could have done was call a cop

but i passed the news vendor

pursuing my agenda

and i like everyone else

i dropped the ball here

still trying to get home

i saw a telephone

and put some coins i had found

they were supposed to work

they did for the man beside me

but when i dropped them in

they wouldn't go down

what is going on here

will i ever know the truth

how do to deal with the time stealing away your daddy's youth

story after story of disaster barely missed

you see

common miracles somehow do exist

and anyone can be kissed by lady fortune

so i gathered up my skirt and tucked my wallet in

grabbed my bag and the sling i carried my girl child in

funny she didn't cry

she wasn't scared at all

she could see a happy outcome in the patterns on the wall

and y'know

the next train was the right one

but not for the vested man

i try

but there's too many things i'll never understand

y'gotta keep on going knowing someone's got a plan

for friday's tie-dye nightmare and monday's promised land

and there it is