Be Calm

As I walk through the streets of my new city

my back feeling much better I suppose

I`ve reclaimed the use of my imagination

for better or for worse I`ve yet to know but I

always knew you`d be the one to understand me

I guess that`s why it took so long to get things right

Suddenly I`m lost

On my street

On my block

Oh why Oh why

Oh why haven`t you been there for me

Can`t you see I`m losing my mind this time

This time I think it`s for real I can see

All the tree tops turning red

The beggars near bodegas grin at me

I think they want something

I close my eyes I tell myself to breathe

and be calm

Be calm

I know you feel like you are breaking down

I know that it gets so hard sometimes

Be calm

I`m scared that everyone is out to get me

These days before you speak to me you pause

I always see you looking out your window

After all you lost your band you left your mom

Now every single crack every penny that I pass

says I should either leave or pick it up

But with every single buck I`ve made

I`m saddled with bad luck that came

the moment I was baptized

or when I found out one day I`m gonna die

if only I could find my people or my place in life

and when they came a`carolin`

so loud so bright the theremin

will lead us to a chorus

where we`ll all rejoice and sing a song that goes

Oh be calm

Be calm

I know you feel like you are breaking down

I know that it gets so hard sometimes

Be calm

Take it from me I`ve been there a thousand times

You hate your pulse because it thinks you`re still alive

and everything`s wrong

It just gets so hard sometimes

Be calm

I don`t remember much that night

Just walking thinking fondly of you

Thinking how the worst is yet to come

When from that street corner came a song

And I can`t remember the man

the panhandler or his melody

The words exchanged had far exceeded

any change I`d given thee

Oh be calm be calm

I know you feel like you are breaking down

Oh I know that it gets so hard sometimes

Be calm

Take it from me I`ve been there a thousand times

You hate your pulse because it still thinks you`re alive

and everything`s wrong

It just gets so hard sometimes

Be calm be calm