Tompkins Park

I was stranded at Tompkins Park

I was wasted, I locked my keys in the car

So I stepped into the corner bar

I'd never been there so alone before

But here I am with a borrowed pen

I think I'll keep it, I take a dollar when I can

I feel so useless, the cellphone's dead

Maybe I'll stay here and make this booth my bed

I can't keep my shadow in front of me

How do I drown this fear that defines me?

Pass me a note signed with an X and O

And a big old arrow pointing to the exit door

I was walking through Tompkins Park

The summer faded, it's five o'clock and getting dark

A man there told me he's the son of God

He sat there cross-eyed with his toenails raw

But who am I to say this man's no Lord

When I can't even tell a goddamn lover from a dork?

Wish I could scream out these lungs for good

But I don't know what I'd scream if I could

I can't keep my shadow in front of me

How do I love this fear that defines me?

Pass me a note signed with an X and O

And a big old arrow pointing to the exit door

I was stranded by Tompkins Park