The other day on the street some smiling kid
with the ASPCA shook my hand uninvited
i pulled away, smiled back, and dismissed
"Already donate to them."

That was a lie that I told to avoid interaction
It was barely a blip on the radar
Kind of event I’m registering now with only a fraction
of attention as I blitz to a train car

Could be the king of Chicago, or
The top of the pops
But we'll bank it till tomorrow
‘Cause this evening I’m not

Oh, i'm downwind
Over for now
Kick it downstream
Over; I’m worried about

A cactus made of plastic
Made my home feel exotic
Now it's collecting dust and I regret I ever bought it

I watched a crane at sunset
Work on high-rise apartments
The lights clicked on once it got dark
I wondered who was driving it

I wonder what their day looks like
If they have trouble shutting down at night
I wonder if they like their life
If they find it more fulfilling than I find mine

Talkin’ to my therapist now, he says he hears these mullings-over all the time
It's a Midwestern frame of mind
As a people, we compare, we obsess and may well never satisfied

So, consider me envious
If you’re blaming your sign
That sure zips it up easy
Saying stars don’t align

Oh, i'm downwind
Over for now
Kick it downstream
Over; I’m worried about

A cactus made of plastic
Made my home feel exotic
Now it's collecting dust and I regret I ever bought it

Vacation hours rollover
And only getting older
Jogging along the water
I wondered why I bother

I’ve spent whole weeks waking up with a chip on the shoulder
Sorry, not much of a talker
I’ve got no problems getting out of bed it's more the section that comes right after
‘Cause there's at least a dozen things I know that I need to do
And I can't stop turning over doing them
Some of them are milestones, and some disguise as monuments
And I can't discern between the two of them

Guess I haven't really checked in with myself in quite a while
Though i'm almost always thinking about me
Seems like something in the air has changed,
some kind of plate has shifted now
From "Bite me" to "Whatever makes you happy, man”

Downwind
Downstream

Really, I like this plastic cactus
And my dachshund chihuahua
And this person I live with
Sometimes just hit a wall and
Forget how good I got it
Forget how good I got it
Get one some stupid bullshit and
Forget how good I got it.