Mike The Intern

Aren’t we the same two people?

Do you remember back in nineteen sixty-six?

I got my brown paper bag and my take-home pay

I’m your charity case so buy me something to eat

And I hear it’s tight most ev’ry night  

You got me so I don’t know what I’m doin’

Some folks are born silver spoon in hand

We’re comin’ to your town, we’ll help you party it down

Now holidays come and then they go

Life is so strange when its changin’, yes indeed

I don’t care what they may say

Well, say that you’ll be true

Won’t you tell me if I’m coming on too strong?

I’m gonna win  

Why do you run and hide?

So long, I’ve been looking too hard  

Standing in the rain, with his head hung low

He makes his livin’ off of the people’s taxes

Well, I’ve been lookin’ real hard

And here is what happened when they decided to cut loose

Did you hear the music ?

Let my spirit carry me

Making all his nowhere plans for nobody

Life is very short, and there’s no time

I’m not half the man I used to be

Day or night he’ll be there any time at all

I told a girl that my prospects were good

Have mercy, been waitin’ for the bus all day

And I don’t know where I am goin’ to

The crowd gets loud when the band gets right

Got me a pocket full of change

I said, Lord, take me downtown

I didn’t know which way to go

Honey this ain’t no job for a man like me

The waiting is the hardest part

In my thoughts I have seen rings of smoke through the trees

Got to try to find a way

And time will tell us all.

The world on you depends.

Don’t ya love her ways?

My heart is beating louder than a big bass drum, alright

Never let ’em tell ya that they’re all the same

And I won’t forget to put roses on your grave

Will the sun rise up tomorrow bringing peace in any way?  

Like a dog without a bone

Sits on the porch swing watching them fly  

And the morals that they worship will be gone

Salvation a la mode and a cup of tea

My life is free now, my life is clear, I love you sweet leaf, though you can’t hear