Red Meat American Mid-Life Crisis

IT'S TWO IN THE MORNING NOW, BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH MY SLEEP
I WORK ON A SELF-IMPROVEMENT LIST THAT I STARTED THE OTHER WEEK
I TAKE A MIDNIGHT STROLL TO THE STRIP-MALL DOWN THE STREET
AND STOP TO LOOK AT ALL THE HOME-GYMS LINED UP NICE AND NEAT

COULD IT BE THAT I LOST MY NERVE OR AM I GOING INSANE
DID I LOSE SOME VIM AND VERVE WITH THAT LAST TRIP TO THE PLATE
POUR ME SOME MORE TONIC BOY I GOTTA BET BACK IN THIS RACE
TUNE UP THE OLD FORMULA I'M JUST ONE STEP OFF THE PACE

I GO BACK HOME AND CRACK A BEER AND LIGHT ONE UP FOR KEVIN SPACEY
BUT LEMON BARS AND A GLASS OF MILK ARE WHAT PASSES NOW FOR RACEY
I READ THE TRAVEL SECTION WITH MY BRAND NEW BIFOCAL LENSES
IT’S HARD TO WIN BACK YOUTH WHEN YOU’RE LOSING ALL YOUR SENSES

I'M ASKING FOR SOME HELP, I’M LOOKING FOR A FREINDLY FACE
A SMILE, A NOD, A WINK, THERE'S GOTTA BE ONE IN THE PLACE
COULD YOU SPARE JUST ONE OR TWO OF THE YEARS THAT I PISSED AWAY
I'VE GOT A SIPHON RIGHT HERE, WON’T YOU PUT SOME OF YOURS, IN MY TANK

LIKE IN ‘AMERICAN BEAUTY’
LIKE IN ‘AMERICAN BEAUTY’
I’M AN AMERICAN LOONY, AN AMERICAN BEAUTY, AN AMERICAN CUTEY….

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