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School Boy

from Trucks by Jumpiter

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SCHOOL BOY

((( Jimmy )))

I've got a feeling
That things won't go all right today
There is a yearning
My heart is telling me to stay
I feel so pessimistic
I am so frightened I could cry
And if I leave here
I have a feeling I would die

But mommy has no patience
For all these foolish little frights
And daddy shows no interest
In my distrust of traffic lights

I'm forced to leave here
Pushed out the door and waved goodbye
I'll walk to school now
That distant safety house abides
But can I make it
Without the traffic hindering?
I'll wait and see now
As I embark on my journey

When mommy packs my lunchbox
I don't feel happy as a clam
When daddy holds my school books
I do hear laughter of the damned

Everything was once okay
But will I be all right today?
Will you hold my hand across the street?
Because the trucks are
Faster than my feet
And if I seem a little agitated
Well it's because
My confidence has faded
And I can't escape the premonition
That I'll be killed along the intersection

The trucks have killed now
My favorite four-legged friend
The cat escaped us
Then he was murdered 'round the bend
There was no evidence
There was no witness to the crime
I'm only confident of one thing
The trucks began as toys of mine

If I challenge them I fear I would die
But I'm dead if I don't give it try
I'll take a ride on my tricycle soon
And face success or submission to doom
Because I'm so tired
And unhappiness is undesired
I'm gonna end this once and for all
Because my cradle is beginning to fall

[words & music by Sean Schuyler]

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from Trucks, track released April 13, 2010

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