in the moment I was losing my head 
readin' too much and losin' my head and I was 
reachin' forward, I was already there 
readin' too much and losin' my head 
this information caused a cut in the line 
now I'm remembering God and readin' too much 
it's so nice 
the print is smaller than the ants in the grass 
I'll have to put it away now 

in the morning there are things to be read, 
words to be said, and food to be fed, 
but I won't be there 
I'll be clutchin' on a megaphone pointed at my head, 
would you be there, 
would you kindly, read this word for word 
so loud and clear, 
I can't remember it all, 
it needs to be clear, I tell you, 
if the feeling drops out of your voice, 
would you kindly pick it up 

this is how, I'll go out tonight 
dressed in blue, by the book tonight 
this is how, I'll go out tonight 
but I don't need a book 

we're talkin' anchors, talkin' ships, we're talkin' seas, 
we're talkin' everything you need 
you should be workin' now, 
not only askin' how 
and the whereabouts of where you'll be 
I don't suspect you will be thinking 
when the brain is dead 
and the mind has taken over, 
this is a skill, this is not a game, 
where have you been, 
are you with us? 
can you hear us? 
got the megaphone pointed at you