Del The Funky Homosapien - Mastermind lyrics
It’s a snowy nightthe cops shut down the freeway
Big men in plows are out carving up the streets
Below themjammed on a subway
I’m with two hundred over-dressed strangers
Brushing snow off coats and shoulders
Kicking snow off dress shoe feet
Chorus:
You live six miles down this trolley car’s trail
Up above the red linewhere the street musicians wail
Where babywe used to chase down coffee
On the sidewalk take in tunes
We’d drink in the waning hours
Till we polished off the moon
Who knew the moon would fail
Above the trolley car trail
"park streetnext station"
Says a voice with an accent I’ve heard
And I see shoppers on the platform
Where green and red lines diverge
I fight my way through the packages and the bows
To a pay phonethe operator knows
She says to me"your nervousness shows"
I say"’nervous’ is too kind a word"
Bridge:
I think snowfall should be measured
By how much it takes a city by surprise
By how far back old timers go to remember
The last time a blizzard stung their eyes
Last time I rode a subway
You had summer in your eyes
You did
Your phone ringsbut it only brings your voice
On a message machine"i’m not herethe tape is clear"
MeI’m off the hook it seems
"i called" I say"to say `hello’
To coax you out where the snowmen grow
But you’re not homeand heyI gotta go
It was good to hear your voice."