In the Basement With the Midnight Freaks

by Matt Sellers - Aquarius

In the basement with the midnight freaks
Jailbrothers and shotgun kegs
On the street where the midnight reaks
After the 'Headland drinkers have coughed up dregs

There putting away the small time cowboys
As the big suit peers out of his window
And his paddy-melon plays with small toys
As they sit up to old hours out of the cold blow

So where have you been between these days?
I heard you got a problem your hair has been cut
You got a scar from where the maiden lays
Everything else tonight is alright but,

No one knows the way to go
Where ever you go there's a bad shadow following
Nine to fivers don't trust anything there not forced to know
And somewhere there's a scream you can't place hullaring

In the basement with the midnight freaks
Jailbrothers are shotgunning kegs
Out on the street where the midnight reaks
Of troubles that force rich men to beg

She says, "I just got no energy to do anything"
In all our advances, like ancients we float
She said, "give me your number someday I'll give you a ring"
Queen of the highway, devil of the road

Reason for writing:

    Everything's alright if you know what alright means, but sometimes, like ancient people, we don't know what way to go and neither does anyone else. This world breeds people who sit, drinking, having a good(or bad time)and people who think that they have got it all sorted, but of course they don't know either.    

Birth sign: Aquarius
Date created: 1999-12-02 03:23:49
Last updated: 2021-03-03 14:41:33
Poem ID: 53902

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