8 Million to One

1. 8,000,000 to One

squirrels in the yard are jumpin tree to tree

while dogs like us we get distracted by the fleas

you’re making me feel like i am underneath

the bleachers, you in your sneakers and the

hot-eared teachers and the manicured green

and look at all these stars

the highway’s not too far

i’ll try my best but NYC girls are so hard to impress

8,000,000 to One

and everybody walks like they’re someone

telling em off is such an easy way to play

and rising above that? it gets harder every day

learning your facts, yeah that don’t matter anyway

so pen your hot take and just throw it all away

all away

but look at all these stars

the highway’s not too far

you - you walk to me

gonna have to wait a week, trouble now gettin to sleep

and it’s cold underneath the sheets but love is easy

sometimes wishing you were here

mostly wishing i was there

give you all i got to share and love is easy

2. Shit-Taker

i’m a ground-breaker, you’re a shit-taker

and i was bound to lose

my mind is shades of blue

dance away

let it all go today

and i’m 50 miles away

wonderin’ where’s my shame

you turn off my electricity

i need you less than drunken sleep

i love you to my rotten core

you forgot what i come down here for

3. Wet Panther (for Jessi Zazu)

she’s losing hair, man

in starchy-sheets-land

her wide-eyed stare run off

to the bottom of a dry cough

facing big fears now

to the back of beyond i’ll root for my heroes

and i’ll be singing their songs at the top of my lungs

oh my lungs, won’t you take my lungs?

leg hair flowing freely

in the stale breeze of healing

crying big tears now

to the back of beyond i’ll root for my heroes

and i’ll be singing their songs at the top of my lungs

you try to take a bow and they will cut you down to your knees

boy

to the back of beyond i’ll root for my heroes

and i’ll be singing their songs at the top of my lungs