Manteca

Aboard a craft bereft of oar
I rowed upstream to find Lenore
Abducted by a bandit
Or a king from some forgotten war
And mindful of his larval craze
Ig...

For a long time I felt without style or grace
Wearing shoes with no socks in cold weather
I knew my heart was in the right place
I knew I'd be able to...

Rumour's goin' 'round
In that Texas town
'bout that shack outside La Grange
Just let me know if you wanna go
To that home out on the range
They gotta ...

You declared you would be three inches taller
You only became what we made you
Thought you were chasing a destiny calling
You only earned what we gave...

Won't you step into the freezer?
Won't you step into the freezer?
Won't you step into the freezer?
Won't you step into the freezer?

The old man knows very well
 Going down by the snowbank, there's a mound
 A mound that an old man knows good
 Look who raises his shoe all over this m...

Slave to the traffic light
Slave
See the city, see the zoo
Traffic light won't let me through

In the days of my youth, I was told what it means to be a man
Now I've reached that age, I try to do all those things the best I can
But no matter how...

Danger I've been told to expect it
I begin my descent down the cold granite steps
And who could have turned among those I confide in?
I think that I k...