Payphone Saga
Life's Frustrations Unveiled: A Payphone Saga
Lyrics
A man a payphone and twenty years of frustration
A man at a payphone expressing twenty years of frustration.
Trying to order Pizza down the block
Attempting to order pizza nearby.
Feeling tight with no imagination
Feeling constrained without creativity.
Lost a dollar bill went into shock
Experiencing shock after losing a dollar bill.
A man a payphone and twenty years of frustration
Reiteration of a man at a payphone with long-standing frustration.
Trying to impress a comely lass
Trying to impress an attractive woman.
He missed the train he's stranded at the station
Missing a train and being stranded at the station.
Drinking zinfandel and acting like the perfect ass
Drinking zinfandel and behaving foolishly.
Two men an ashtray and twenty years of frustration
Two men with an ashtray facing two decades of frustration.
Trying to escape the perfect life
Attempting to break free from an idealized life.
A gift of holy reminiscent conversation
Engaging in nostalgic conversations with a religious touch.
Every Budweiser and Busch acts like a knife
Every beer brand acts as a painful reminder.
Two men an ashtray and twenty years of frustration
Repetition of two men with an ashtray and prolonged frustration.
Trying to justify the past
Attempting to rationalize past actions.
They missed the train they're stranded at the station
Missing a train again, stuck at the station.
Drinking beer and fading awfully fast
Drinking beer and deteriorating rapidly.
Myself an ink pen and twenty years of frustration
The narrator, with an ink pen, facing two decades of frustration.
Trying hard to write another poem
Struggling to compose another poem.
Jousting with the muse of inspiration
Engaging in a creative struggle with the muse of inspiration.
Dripping slipping sipping coming home
Describing the creative process with words like dripping, slipping, and sipping.
Myself an ink pen and twenty years of frustration
Repetition of the narrator with an ink pen and prolonged frustration.
Trying to envision my next song
Striving to envision the next musical composition.
I caught the train and watched the aging station
Successfully catching the train, observing the aging station.
Getting smaller as the engine rolled along
Witnessing the diminishing station as the train moves away.
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