Now I could sit here and baffle you. With shallow babble. And a bunch of punch lines. You probably won't get. Or even use some big words. That you'd have to look up. But I'm not a teacher. So go ahead and close your book up. I could tell a fairy tale so convincing. And keep a straight face from beginning. To happy ending. I could waste 32 bars telling you how to live. Knowing damn well I used mtv cribs for the blueprint. I could bore you to death with my past relationships. Or a little ditty bout Jack and Dianne. Or I could go back to childhood. Dig up them skeletons. And spit them at you with a catchy hook. Look I could strike a nerve with some four letter words. That'll make Richard Pryor proud. Or better yet I could sing a jingle that'll contort and mingle. Every single solitary letter in the alphabet. (I could tell you whatever you want to hear. But if I just said hello would you listen to me?. I could sell a blind man new ears. If I just said hello would you listen to me?. I'm trying hard trying to make it perfectly clear. But I'm dying because their aint nobody listening to me. Been relying on myself on myself for more than 22 years. And I aint crying I just need someone to listen to me. Can I get some reply get maybe some kind of sign. to let me know that you're listening to me?. Just from time to time I get lost in my mind. Its hard to find someone to listen to me. My ears were open when you needed some consoling. I'm hoping till the sound you hear echoes. Every time I say hello). I could talk about my duds. And my thrift store scores. But that probably wouldn't interest you. But why should it. I mean I've seen a lot of shit in 22 years. But your feet in my shoes isn't something I recall. And I've been known to drink 22 beers. Before a show cuz. otherwise I probably wouldn't have the balls. I could make references to books I never read. For the sake of sounding conscious. But that's just obnoxious. I could take off these bandages and. Expose these papercuts. And put them in the air. with both my middle fingers up. or talk about myself in third person. like I'm better than you. cuz there's nothing else better to do. I could attack your character from. Eighty different angles. Cleverly explaining exactly how wack you are. But why do that when it's a well known fact. you buying this cd is potentially feeding me. (come on). (I could tell you whatever you want to hear. But if I just said hello would you listen to me?. I could sell a blind man new ears. If I just said hello would you listen to me?. I'm trying hard trying to make it perfectly clear. But I'm dying because their aint nobody listening to me. Been relying on myself on myself for more than 22 years. And I aint crying I just need someone to listen to me. Can I get some reply get maybe some kind of sign. to let me know that you're listening to me?. Just from time to time I get lost in my mind. Its hard to find someone to listen to me. My ears were open when you needed some consoling. I'm hoping till the sound you hear echoes. Every time I say hello). Hello is there anybody out there?. Hello is there anybody out there?. Hello is there anybody out there?. Hello is there anybody out there?. Hello is there anybody out there?