Another World

Jersey A twisted maze of interstates Highways, industry, farmland and tidal waves Halfway between New York and DC London and Cali I can see the Philly skyline On a clear night But I'd rather be on the beach in the moonlight Just like we used to back in the day Before I lost control of hands on the face Before you went away Where do all these cars come from? Where do all these people gotta get to? Why am I one? I've been branded It says so right across my chest And I'm stranded in an ocean of bodies with no life vest And concrete Timberlands Hindering every step Everybody's trying to get a rep Everybody wants to get their respect Like they're any different from the next man We're all mannequins, understand? I can't drive two blocks without seeing the cops I can't listen to a song and not hear about rocks I can't go to bar without seeing twenty classmates Trying to figure out why they took the time to graduate Developers are buying every orchard in the county To make quarter million dollar properties with no trees But they're convenient to the highways and the big city We're all guilty pilgrims robbing Indians Jersey See life without you tears my fragile world apart I'm not too happy and I'm not too smart And if I was just a little better at either I'd put the pain relievers down and give the stimulants a breather But I'm neither Jug handles, traffic circles, and no left turns No license til you're seventeen Walking to work I've got a green-eye perspective Of eclectic laborers Expecting pay dirt and move away from the neighbors The liquor stores all close at two Everybody's got it rough and take i