Go Outside Andamp Drive lyrics

Music & lyrics: john popper

I `ve really got to clean up my room
You know its been so long since i`ve seen my floor
It`s getting kind of scary in fact i suspect
That when i finally clear away i won`t know her anymore
How we`ll have grown so far apart
From those early days with the fresh new start
So in the end it won`t matter at all
So why should i bother with the rise and the fall
So i quietly lay back down
And watch tv

But these are the things we tell ourselves
Eventual stories designed to amuse
It`s a game we play and we play it well
In fact we`re so damn good that we try to lose
So we can keep hiding
So we can survive
And keep on believing
Someday we`ll go outside & drive
Gonna go outside & drive...

I have resolved not to leave my house
Till my floor comes back and my room is clean
So i`m really kind of glad that my tv`s here
While i concoct my plan to fulfill my dream
Now won`t that be wonderful when i`ll finally be done
You know i just can`t wait for it then i`ll start to have fun
It`s getting hard lately to concentrate
All my appointments cancelled cause i`m horribly late
You know i think i need a prison
In order to dream of being free

But these are the things we tell ourselves
Eventual stories designed to amuse
It`s a game we play and we play it well
In fact we`re so damn good that we try to lose
So we can keep hiding
So we can survive
And keep on believing
Someday we`ll go outside & drive
Gonna go outside & drive...

Now weeks have gone by and my room`s not done
In fact i could say that it`s gotten much worse
Amongst the crumpled letters the mood`s quite perverse
But i got a new tv with a remote control
Styrofoam and instructions fill the hole
Where i once cleared a path where i once blazed a trail
To the bathroom, but i fear that a nail
Is buried there no so i step very rarely
And try not to get out of bed

You know tomorrow i`ll get up and i`ll walk out my door
And life will return to the way that it was
But i think i`m getting sick i`d better give it a day
It mustn`t get a foothold, but it usually does
So i`ll sit right here till i`m old and gray
I need my rest after all i`m wasting away
And i just saw a cockroach crawl out of my sneaker
I think he`s biding his time till i get somewhat weaker
Things could still turn out alright
As long as i`m not dead
As long as i`m...
I`m...i`m not...
I`m not dead, no i`m not dead

But these are the things we tell ourselves
Eventual stories designed to amuse
It`s a game we play and we play it well
In fact we`re so damn good that we try to lose
So we can keep hiding
So we can survive
And keep on believing
Someday we`ll go outside & drive
Gonna go outside & drive
What`s it like outside
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