Tuesday, October 17, 2006

Bright Future In Sales


Sleeping on a planter at the Port Authority
Waiting for my bus to come
Seven scotch-and-sodas at the office party
Now I don't remember where I'm from

I think I had a black wallet
In my back pocket
With a bus ticket
And a picture of my baby inside
And if I make it home alive

I'm gonna get my shit together
'Cause I can't live like this forever
You know I've come too far
And I don't want to fail
I got a new computer
And a birght future in sales
Yeah, yeah
A bright future in sales
Yeah, yeah

Heading for the airport on a misty morning
Gonna catch a flight to Baltimore
Try to kill an hour with a whiskey sour
If there's time I might have just one more

I gotta do some quick reading
For the big meeting
But my head is spinning
And I can't quite open my eyes
As long as I don't have to drive

I'm gonna get my shit together
'Cause I can't live like this forever
You know I've come too far
And I don't want to fail
I got a new computer
And a bright future in sales
Yeah, yeah
A bright future in sales
Yeah, yeah

I had a line on a brand new account
But now I can't semm to find
Where I wrote that number down
I try to focus, I'm staring at the screen
Pretending like I know
What all these little flashing lights mean

I gotta do some quick reading
For the big meeting
But my head is spinning
And I can't quite open my eyes

I gotta get my shit together
'Cause I can't live like this forever
You know I've come too far
And I don't want to fail
I got a new computer
And a bright future in sales
Yeah, yeah
A bright future in sales
Yeah, yeah

Suggested read : Fountains of Wayne,lyrics

Suggested rythm : Fountains of Wayne - Bright Future In Sales

6 comments:

chandu said...

Seven scotch-and-sodas at the office party
Now I don't remember where I'm from...

beautifully devastating...

Ash said...

Beautiful, as always!

Keshi said...

a poem abt sales....wow! :)

Keshi.

b v n said...

chandu, *hick* :-)

ash, i loved it

keshi, WC...ya the lyrics hit somewhere :-)

suku said...

Oh,I thought I wrote these lyrics.
I said cranberry juice instead of scotch.
Wonderful it is,I say.

b v n said...

hey lostandfound :)...welcome.

tell you what this cranberry juice word is gonna be reely dangerous *goal* once this new martin scorsese pic 'the departed' becomes famous - there is a big joke abt cranberry juice there - so i stay with scotch