Crowds

from Play It Cool (2013) by The Smile Case

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lyrics

Back on the bus I find a window seat
and I pray that no one sits beside me
the big wheels turning, the motor roaring, the lights dim
back of the bus you can find me drinking
from a bottle of rye in a passenger bathroom
and I pray that no one finds me

Back at the Greyhound station I make a beeline for the washroom
stand in the stall to roll a joint
and I pray that no one finds me
I take a walk around the block and think that
I should start talking to myself to prove that
I'm crazier than everyone else

and I can't face all the faces
all the people I meet are creeps
I know its my job but I feel odd
I feel off

Here at the venue I play songs for you
and I pray that someone gets what I do
the girls with the green eyes has a pretty smile
too bad I will never know her name.
I'm too nervous and weird with everything to prove
you'd like me more if I had the guts
and I could sell a million albums if I had the guts
but I don't and thats what I'm just me
I wonder if anyone is as lonely as me.
I pray that someone finds me

I can't face all the faces
all the people I meet are creeps
I know its my job but I feel odd
I can't face all the faces
all the people I meet are crowds
I know its my job but I feel off
I feel odd

Back on the bus I find a window seat
and I pray that no one sits beside me
the big wheels turning, motor roaring, the lights dim
and I shut my eyes

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from Play It Cool (2013), released February 5, 2013

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