Speeding Slowly

Will you shut up,

I've got something to say,

But you just stand there laughing right in my face.

Don't waste my time,

And I won't waste yours,

But when you're eyes-deep slurring

You won't know whether to call,

'Cause you never gave much thought to me at all.

You're sleeping on a subway train

Speeding slowly away.

Your destination never came

Now there's nothing to pay.

A different side of your brain is speeding slowly away.

I've seen your face,

I know you're not for real.

Who'd have thought you'd be caught

Under the wheels?

You've been stubbed out,

Like, a cigarette.

You're in the gutter fluttering,

Spat out from the mouth

Of old barrels' dregs, no-one likes a bitter taste.

You're sleeping on a subway train

Speeding slowly away.

Your destination never came

Now there's nothing to pay.

A different side of your brain is speeding slowly away,

Slowly away.

You've woken on a derailed train,

Speeding slowly away.

Handcuffed to your bitter end,

There's always someone to pay,

Always turns out that way,

Speeding slowly away,

Slowly away,

Speeding slowly away,