The Pickup - Royal Trux

What’s that you said?

I wasn’t listening

How long have we been talking?

I didn’t see the clock when I came in

The storm stayed out in the valley

Think of all the rain that we been missing

You might say anything to anyone, but you still jump back

At the black cat hissing

Why you gonna raise your hand to make the pickup

When you’re gonna get sent down alone?

I turned away to keep from asking 'cause I know you want to find a home

Why you gonna raise your hand to make the pickup

When you’re gonna get sent down alone?

Why you gonna raise your hand to make the pickup

When you’re gonna get sent down alone, down alone?

Searching in the night

Couldn’t read the signs at all

Houses and windows, pale grey circles under the eyes inside

No keys, no chains, waiting in the kitchen all night long

No need to hide, mores the fool too full to fall

Reverse the shade, fill your pockets up with hair and teeth and straw

Won’t be moving on

Why you gonna raise your hand to make the pickup

When you’re gonna get sent down alone?

Why you gonna raise your hand to make the pickup

When you’re gonna get sent down alone, down alone?

If I ever heard any word

That didn’t sound like the thrashing of the wing of a bird

Could you keep it quiet?

You have to do your best

Not to make yourself confess

When you feel like a naked fool over all the things

You couldn’t pull

Why you gonna raise your hand to make the pickup

When you’re gonna get sent down alone?

I turned away to keep from asking 'cause I know you want to find a home

Why you gonna raise your hand to make the pickup

When you’re gonna get sent down alone?

Why you gonna raise your hand to make the pickup

When you’re gonna get sent down alone?

Why you gonna raise your hand to make the pickup

When you’re gonna get sent down alone?

Why you gonna raise your hand to make the pickup

When you’re gonna get sent down alone?