Relative Surplus Value Songtext
von The Weakerthans

Find the airport at 7AM
My heart pumping pure minibar
Sit on the concrete by the carts and some girl
Throws a dime in my lap
You won′t be laughing when you hear
How this one ends

So I sleep through the entire flight
Don't really wake up until the cab driver says
"Hey where you going?"
I forget


Think of the time I came to visit you here
The year after Jeremy died
And the elevator′s fast and pops
My ears out
And they're all waiting patiently
Touch my name tag, should say "hello"
I'm too tired to smile today
Squeak the chair once, take a deep breath
Straighten my tie and say
"What′s the damage?"

And the pause feels like an extra year
Of high school

The CEO takes me aside
I′m down 12 points and they're selling
The graphs in the boardroom show
By the time that the market
Opens in Tokyo
I′ll be worthless

So what I'm trying to say
I mean what I′m asking is
I know we haven't talked in a while but