Mopin' in the Corner

from Here's Another Fine Mess by Rick McLean

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Where did I put that trusty old crutch?
That sweet, bitter blast to the brain?
Days are unseen in my time machine
A genie’s lamp sends a cramp to the swimmin’ pain
I walk with a limp as I go it alone
With longing to a certain degree
Dazzled by the holes in my favorite shirt
And not being where I thought I should be

A crooked grinned friend with a knife in his boot
Tells ya everything you wanna hear
Barks out loud encouraging words
But when the well runs dry he always disappears
A dead dove lyin’ on the side of the road
In a filthy drain gutter that’s filled with debris
Just another piece of gathering trash
That’s readily available and offered for free

Well it’s hard to hold if you can’t get a grip
Like a brain-dead captain on a runaway ship
He racks his head but it’s ill equipped
So he sends himself into a foggy abyss
Aiming for a target that he knows he’s gonna miss

Washed up, dried out can you turn the light out?
Need to spend the day in bed
Clothes are all dirty and the washer’s broke
While a blizzard wages war inside of my head
They say there’s no rest for a wicked man
I guess that’s why sleep never comes
The only way to spend this kind of day
Is by making all your senses go numb

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from Here's Another Fine Mess, released September 9, 2017

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