It was 5:45 on a Friday, a Friday
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I was waiting for a train going my way, my way
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I stood packed on a platform in Brooklyn,
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Where everybody¡¯s pushin but nobody¡¯s looking
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So I got crushed in the rush for the subway,
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By the little old men tryin to shove me
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Well I noticed her when I glanced sideways,
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And felt continents shifting inside me
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I was dressed in my best polyester,
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And I could tell that the plastic impressed her
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Cause she smiled as she eased up beside me,
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And then she said she had things to confide see
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She said her dad ran away with Samantha,
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The middle-aged exotic dancer
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So her mom had returned to her savior,
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And here¡¯s the advice that he gave her
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He said, Reese¡¯s Pieces, Swedish Fish,
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Oodles of Skittles and red licorice,
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Marshmallow mints and a chocolate kiss,
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And it melts in your mouth like this
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Take out your contacts and look at the screen,
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Take off your makeup and look at the sea,
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If you break your restrictions then you¡¯ll understand,
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Take your prescription of sugar and candy, oh yeah
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We arrived there by way of the highway,
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After night drives with tradewinds and tirades,
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To a town bound by old guards and dry ducts
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Bored I dragged my ass off the bus and hit the sidewalks,
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I stumbled on a lane name of my way,
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And got caught in the street by treading lightly,
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The fish passed me by lead by fishhooks,
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I hit pop flies and caught their strange looks,
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But one figure struggled just to stand there,
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He was a one legged man in his wheelchair,
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I struck out a course for his landing,
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I put out a hand and then he grabbed it,
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He told a lifetime of boxcars and byways,
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Of the times of stockyards and chain gangs and two legs,
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He offered his advice for a penny,
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And for that small price here¡¯s what he gave me
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Take out your contacts and look at the screen,
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Take off your makeup and look at the sea,
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If you break your restrictions then you¡¯ll understand,
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Take your prescription of sugar and candy, oh yeah
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Sugar & Candy
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2 Skinnee J's |