It was five forty five on a Friday
I was waiting for a train going my way
I stood packed on a platform to Brooklyn
Where everybody's pushin' but nobody's lookin'
So I got crushed in the rush for the subway
By the little old men trying to shove me
I noticed her when I glanced sideways
And felt continents shifting inside me
I was dressed in my best polyester
And I could tell that the plastic impressed her
Cuz she smiled as she eased up beside me
And then she said she had things to confide, see
She said her dad ran away with Samantha
The middle aged exotic dancer
So her mom had returned to her savior
And here's the advice that he gave her
He said Reese's Pieces, swedish fish
Oodles of Skittles and red licorice
Marshmallow, mints and a chocolate kiss
And it melts in your mouth like this

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Take off your contacts and look at the screen
Take off your make-up and look at the scene
If you break your restrictions then you'll understand me
Take your prescription of sugar and candy - oh yeah

We arrived there by way of the highway
After night drives with trade winds and tirades
To a town bound by old guards and drydocks
Bored I dragged my ass off the bus and hit the sidewalks
I stumbled on a lane name of my way
And got caught in a stream by treading lightly
The fish passed me by led by fishhooks
I hit pop flies and caught their strange looks
But one figure struggled just to stand there
He was a one-legged man in his wheelchair
I struck out a course for his landing
He put out a hand and then he grabbed me
He told a life time of boxcars and by-ways
Of the times of stockyards and chaingangs and two legs
He offered his advice for a penny
And for that small price here's what he gave me

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