Real Estate - D+ lyrics

Flash in the pan, little boy lost again
Which reality has mistaken me?
Pleasure or pain, the old man's at it again
With his thumb in his mouth
Chipped and bleeding
Never forget, smoking two cigarettes
On the outskirts of town, peeking over
This is only a test written strictly in jest
There is an elegant charm in going nowhere

It's a red letter day, let the orchestra play
Before they cart you away
The ship is sinking
We should all settle down and keep
Our ears to the ground
Have the last fеw days been feeling hazy?
There's a lightness to things whеn
The old woman sings
And let the freedom bell ring
For whom it's tolling
It's all part of the show
The river ebbs and it flows
And the pendulum slows, it's coming back now