D Line Blues - Time

It was another normal Thursday, I wanted coffee in the worst way

When the sip hits my lips I got to spit what the verse say

I saw a man playing a trombone and singing on the corner

He recited poetry, no one response like a coroner

I saw an old man with tremors looking out the window of the bus

I saw billboards and commercials act as spectacles for lust

I saw a car crash, I heard fate laugh

I saw the geese land in the Platte river with a splash

I saw a woman have a seizure, I saw a kid that wouldn’t leave her

I saw a boy with Downs Syndrome holding hands with his teacher

I saw dust on justice, and news with no substance

I saw a cop beating a man as he busted his lip

I saw a couple break up, the man started to cry

I saw graffiti on a wall, it said ready to die

I heard ambulances as I saw death dancing

Chaos never dies, the city holds me for ransom

It was another average Tuesday, I was taking the train home

Fresh from the airport, my brain started to roam

A man followed me and asked me for some change

I gave him what I could before they kicked him off the train

A woman came on the rail with 2 kids and a stroller

The businessmen looked away and wouldn’t move over

I got up and gave her my seat, she sat down and smiled

I wondered why these suit and ties wouldn’t move for a child?

The train stopped on 16th, a blind man came on

He sat down and started to sing a Paul Robeson song

The kid next to me didn’t hear it, he was texting

The man’s voice humbled me I was grateful for the lesson

The girl behind us was on the phone and started to cry

The old woman stared out the window, I saw the struggle in her eyes

I heard ambulances as I saw death dancing

Chaos never dies, the city holds me for ransom

It was just another average, cliché Wednesday

I had my notebook on the train, so listen to what the pen say

I saw a man with a sunken face grinding his teeth

I saw a woman thumbing her rosary filled with grief

I saw a drone, I saw a foreclosed home

I saw a poem in it all as they listened on my phone

I saw a dead pigeon, I saw oil in the sewer

A bee landed on the window, every year I see fewer

I saw the police approach a man with their guns aimed

I saw a kid tagging a train, searching for fame

I saw struggle in it all as I wrote away the pain

The windshield wipers squeaked as the sky leaked rain

I saw a dead dog lying in the middle of the road

I saw an elderly woman crying another story untold

I heard ambulances as I saw death dancing

Chaos never dies, the city holds me for ransom

It was another normal Monday, I was sitting by the park

Sipping on some coffee when a dog started to bark

2 men were fighting, a drug deal gone bad

They ran away from the cops, later a junkie found the stash

I saw the cops telling a homeless man to move on

I see handcuffs not homes, this scene is all wrong

I see a blind mother pulling a stroller down Broadway

Another strong woman with a bullet proof soul like Sade

I saw a dead cat in the gutter, no life in its eyes

I see dreamers on the corner like monarch butterflies

I see a mother in sanctuary, separated from her kids

I see no justice, they make it illegal to live

I see ICE outside and I’m not talking about frozen water

I’m talking bout the ICE that’ll separate you from your daughter

I heard ambulances as i saw death dancing

Chaos never dies, the city holds me for ransom