The Optimist / aircrashdetectives@paypal.me
The optimist
Said to the pessimist
Hello, hello, hello
Let me step out from
The shadows
Let me take
Your darkness
Turn it into light
One time
So you can see
What it’s like
On the other side
Verse 1
Walked out my front door
Pedigreed dog on a leash
Hand me downs
In a bag
For the poor
And a strange man
In a van
Offered me the deal
Of a lifetime
If I would only get in
But I kept my wits
In a cupboard
Under the stairs
For times like these
How was he to know
That two of his front teeth
Would end up
Under my pillow
As a constant reminder
That the world is a very dangerous place
Verse 2
The big game was on the radio
And Fuctiviano
Became famous
In his lifetime
And he didn’t even know
While I was
Walking down the Rugby Road
On a cold night
Wondering
When the lights come on
Is their going to be a show
And the words of the songs
Were wrong
From the start
But who really cares
About political correctness
When your soul is born stained
And you are jumping
The turnstiles
Because you don’t
Have enough to eat
Or to be professionally
Entertained
Verse 3
Contestants on a game show
Play a weird version
Of spin the bottle
Smoking cigarettes
Waiting for a rose
And the girl with the buck teeth
From primary four
Always felt disadvantaged
Until she was
Cosmetically altered
Then she looked down her nose
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