[04:48.00]Stole Our Yesterday - Blueprint
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[04:48.00]light a Newport, get a paper from the porch | can't believe the
[04:48.00]bars don’t let the people smoke indoors | an empty beer can, a
[04:48.00]couple old sales receipts | movie ticket stubbs, a pizza box from
[04:48.00]last week | watching westerns on his black and white tv set |
[04:48.00]digital converter box the government made him get | stain in his
[04:48.00]shag carpet, no time to clean it yet | thinking about hittin the
[04:48.00]bank and cashing his check
[04:48.00]back when it all was simple | before they took it all away | they
[04:48.00]sold us all tomorrow | then they stole our yesterday
[04:48.00]take a ride, hop inside the delta 88 | roadmap and an atlas is
[04:48.00]on his backseat | dice is in the mirror, pine trees keep the air
[04:48.00]fresh | reach into the glovebox and pull out his favorite cassette
[04:48.00]| damn, thinking music just ain't what it used to be | ain't been
[04:48.00]the same since CDs and MTV | he miss the vinyl LPs and the
[04:48.00]milkcrates | so right before he walk in the bank he flip the tape
[04:48.00]back when it all was simple | before they took it all away | they
[04:48.00]sold us all tomorrow | then they stole our yesterday
[04:48.00]teller ask how he’s doing, he says fine | they let him know he can
[04:48.00]check his account balance on line | he laughs, and say truthfully
[04:48.00]“that’s out of the question” | cause he heard about the internet
[04:48.00]but still don’t trust it | get on the freeway, its under construction
[04:48.00]all the time | glance down at the buildings crowding the skyline |
[04:48.00]most of the spots he used to frequent all closed | they call it
[04:48.00]“progress”, he calls it “nightclubs & condos”
[04:48.00]back when it all was simple | before they took it all away | they
[04:48.00]sold us all tomorrow | then they stole our yesterday