Avenue A, Shanghai, Hollywood-Jeffrey Lewis

[00:29.23]Once upon a time there was a princess man [00:31.81]He had the special powers of the checkout scan [00:34.25]He could price out any product from the UPCs [00:36.90]But he couldn't see the forest for the symmetries [00:39.64]A perfect paranoia now engulfs my pets [00:42.07]That I'm using them as simple social safety nets [00:44.83]I wish this loneliness upon myself, I'm told [00:47.21]Cause both puppy chow and vengeance aren't just served cold [00:50.25]Meeting with the neighbor traps you in a chat [00:52.73]The dog is kind of bored until she lays down flat [00:55.41]I just walk out and wander like a floating bag [00:58.05]And a city dog can always get a hearty wag [01:00.80]So face it, you can't win, who has to try this hard? [01:03.09]I guess the ace that's in my sleeve is just a pity card [01:05.98]But I know I rode a camel from this camera shot [01:08.48]And I must've had some ***y times that I forgot [01:11.37]I wait to fall in love, I wait to see Brazil [01:13.96]I wait to see if plants survive my windowsill [01:16.53]I wait to see the Northern lights I always missed [01:19.14]Like chicken breast, it’s piled in my bucket list [01:21.69]But with laughter and with pain that’s a broken heart [01:24.38]When happy ever after is the way it starts [01:26.97]But if there's potholes in the rock and roll I tell [01:29.75]At least it’s still a pothole on the road to hell [01:32.60]Avenue A was once enthused I guess [01:35.12]In retrospect compared to all this plywood mess [01:37.61]Like a dog sits in depression touching chin to floor [01:40.43]No one with a job has got the dough no more [01:43.07]Now he's packing heat and gigging in Shanghai [01:45.80]And no one knows he's secretly a famous guy [01:48.22]An everlasting fire burns among the cancer smoke [01:50.93]Like a journalist still asking "what is antifolk?" [01:53.82]Anyone can catalogue the reasons here [01:56.49]Any rationale can be a thing I think [01:59.19]Any word of welcome can be sweet and clear [02:01.80]With a hidden scammy virus in the hyperlink [02:04.69]But tell us little stories till we feel more good [02:07.46]Tell us little stories just like Hollywood [02:10.13]Tell us little stories so the hours pass [02:12.50]As we row to reach the island of the middle class