TOM COSTA

Same old shit in the same old stacks / I’m walking down the railroad tracksI need a new way to get through town / I can breath out here and there’s no one aroundIts nice to know that I can disappear if I wanted toJust Jump a ladder / cause they roll through here in their lowest gear /Mama cries so hard when she reads the words that I’m writing downMama cries so long when she hears what I’m saying in the words of my songs/ I can’t escape it / so I just take it /It’s good to walk away / I think I could walk the whole damn dayAnd if a freight train comes along / I just might ride it all the way but/ I can’t escape it / why should I fake it /Mama cries so long when she sees what I’ve done to her youngest son /Mama cries so hard cause it’s a cold lonely walk and she knows that it’s farWalking all day with the sun at my back / chasing my shadow down the railroad tracksDistance shifts when you travel off road / as if time is wrinkled and space is bowedWalking all day till the sun goes down / I’m pretty damn sure that I’m miles from townNight chill bringing on night time sounds / I sure as hell don’t want to turn back around/ What do I loose / some holes in my shoes /Walking on home in the dead of night / stubbing my toes on the railroad tiesGravel in my socks and holes in my jeans / a straight and narrow down a balance beam/ Where else should I go / It’s too dark to know /I could sure use a ladder on this long walk home / my feat are hammered and I’m all aloneBut if I hop a freight I may never get back / it’s so damn dark I might forget where I’m atOr my foot could get caught and flip me upside down / drag me 20 miles an hour all the way through townHead and shoulders smacking every timber every beat / bits of flesh falling off like hamburger meatArms and legs flailing try’na set myself free / arms and legs getting severed in the wheel chasseScreams drowned out by the screeching of the wheals / the rattle and the pounding of the lumbering steelCold steel slicing through muscle and bone / dull timber crushing shoulder neck and skullHot horror bleeding out the end of life / screaming and thrashing in the pitch black nightNo one could help me cause there’s no one to watch / no one could help me cause the train don’t stop/ I’ll just keep walking / never stopping till my time is gone // I’ll just keep waiting / looking for my light to lead me home /