The Dude Songtext
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The Dude Songtext
When the curtains close
The people go home and the lights get low
I slip into my coat
And venture into the unknown
I walk a lonely road
Where people duck down when the cold winds blow
And no one seems to know
The folks that they pass as they go
Maybe I′m the truth
Maybe I'm a cheat
Maybe I′m that dude that you saw on the street
Standing in a waiting line
Maybe I'm just wasting time
Maybe I'm a sinner
Maybe I′m a saint
Maybe I′m that dude that you saw 'round the way
Standing in a waiting line
Maybe I′m just wasting time
Sometimes it's like the city is a beast
Looking up from down below when I′m walking on the streets
And the people that I meet never look me in the eye
They too busy with the bills and the lack of nine to fives
I just crack a little smile, tip my hat and then I pass
Been practicing a while, I'm a master at the craft
And I′m guessing so are you, but it doesn't make a difference
The city got us cramped up and the city makes us distant
Just another misfit, robbed of his ambition
Falling off the radar, drifting off into the distance
Always on some mission, always searching for a purpose
Whatever he does feel like he's scratching on the surface
He just keeps trying
Trying to squeeze a diamond from a lump of coal
People walking by him stare at him in silence
′Cause they don′t know
Maybe I'm the truth
Maybe I′m a cheat
Maybe I'm that dude that you saw on the street
Standing in a waiting line
Maybe I′m just wasting time
Maybe I'm a sinner
Maybe I′m a saint
Maybe I'm that dude that you saw 'round the way
Standing in a waiting line
Maybe I′m just wasting time
So in my solitude I sit just like Lady Day once sat
And the beard is in the place where my baby face was at
Looking back on all the days through my aviator frames
All the characters are different but the play remains the same
Ain′t it strange like my brother Daniel taught me
We're all born original but end up like copies
And all of the monotony got me feeling kinda streamlined
Just another drone buzz-buzzing in the beehive
Working for a queen who′s getting senile
Treating everyone like shit and expecting a free ride
From all us little average Joes, soldiers of the status quo
Living in the shadow of a city full of battered souls
He just keeps trying
Trying to squeeze a diamond from a lump of coal
People walking by him stare at him in silence
'Cause they don′t know
Maybe I'm the truth
Maybe I′m a cheat
Maybe I'm that dude that you saw on the street
Standing in a waiting line
Maybe I'm just wasting time
Maybe I′m a sinner
Maybe I′m a saint
Maybe I'm that dude that you saw ′round the way
Standing in a waiting line
Maybe I'm just wasting time
The people go home and the lights get low
I slip into my coat
And venture into the unknown
I walk a lonely road
Where people duck down when the cold winds blow
And no one seems to know
The folks that they pass as they go
Maybe I′m the truth
Maybe I'm a cheat
Maybe I′m that dude that you saw on the street
Standing in a waiting line
Maybe I'm just wasting time
Maybe I'm a sinner
Maybe I′m a saint
Maybe I′m that dude that you saw 'round the way
Standing in a waiting line
Maybe I′m just wasting time
Sometimes it's like the city is a beast
Looking up from down below when I′m walking on the streets
And the people that I meet never look me in the eye
They too busy with the bills and the lack of nine to fives
I just crack a little smile, tip my hat and then I pass
Been practicing a while, I'm a master at the craft
And I′m guessing so are you, but it doesn't make a difference
The city got us cramped up and the city makes us distant
Just another misfit, robbed of his ambition
Falling off the radar, drifting off into the distance
Always on some mission, always searching for a purpose
Whatever he does feel like he's scratching on the surface
He just keeps trying
Trying to squeeze a diamond from a lump of coal
People walking by him stare at him in silence
′Cause they don′t know
Maybe I'm the truth
Maybe I′m a cheat
Maybe I'm that dude that you saw on the street
Standing in a waiting line
Maybe I′m just wasting time
Maybe I'm a sinner
Maybe I′m a saint
Maybe I'm that dude that you saw 'round the way
Standing in a waiting line
Maybe I′m just wasting time
So in my solitude I sit just like Lady Day once sat
And the beard is in the place where my baby face was at
Looking back on all the days through my aviator frames
All the characters are different but the play remains the same
Ain′t it strange like my brother Daniel taught me
We're all born original but end up like copies
And all of the monotony got me feeling kinda streamlined
Just another drone buzz-buzzing in the beehive
Working for a queen who′s getting senile
Treating everyone like shit and expecting a free ride
From all us little average Joes, soldiers of the status quo
Living in the shadow of a city full of battered souls
He just keeps trying
Trying to squeeze a diamond from a lump of coal
People walking by him stare at him in silence
'Cause they don′t know
Maybe I'm the truth
Maybe I′m a cheat
Maybe I'm that dude that you saw on the street
Standing in a waiting line
Maybe I'm just wasting time
Maybe I′m a sinner
Maybe I′m a saint
Maybe I'm that dude that you saw ′round the way
Standing in a waiting line
Maybe I'm just wasting time
Writer(s): Jens Resch Thomason Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.com
