The Brave Optimistic - Twenty-Something Blues lyrics

[Verse 1] Hitching rides on socialized pollution lines Those damn mechanics robbed me blind So now I read on my way to work Seven pages into Nietzsche's Antichrist A fallen angel caught my eye And as I blinked her image recurred [Chorus 1] I'd hate to see a gal that great Going out on fast food dates Just look at all these handsome cars They signal cash and chiseled jaws And I just ride the bus, I ride the bus [Verse 2] Crashing on my childhood bed at twenty five While studying the devil's arts Of science, math and ways to get stoned Across the wall, a set of crosses eyes my bed I just can't take a girl to it Cuz' momma'd know and I'd be disowned [Chorus 2] I'd hate to see a gal that great Have to take me to her place There're mansions she's deserving of With silky sheets for making love And I just live at home, I live at home [Verse 3] The cross around her neck sways like a metronome She'd fit right in in momma's home But god you know I'll never be saved And so you'll hear me pray this one and only prayer That god, you might release this girl We'll live our days so wholly depraved [Chorus 3] And I'd hate to see a gal that great Spend another day enslaved With thoughts of hell and sacrament But every night she says amen And I just won't be saved, I won't be saved [Verse 4] Pages into books of old philosophy I bet he'd talk right over me But I'd sure love to lay a good brain I'm sick of all these a**holes in their fancy cars They signal cash and and empty hearts Oh why'd I rush out looking so plain [Chorus 4] And I'd hate to see a guy that great Pull the cord and slip away Despite his coy and careless glance I'd almost stand up, take a chance But I just ride the bus I just ride the bus I just ride the bus