and i wake to the wail like moan of a bus as it groans to a standstill around the block from the place that i ll leave soon four bulbs later bulbs from the lamp that my dad bought me so i ll hit the ground running and tear up the streets but complain about my face and the pain in my feet as i notch up another year until we re all past it and the noose around my neck s tightened too much to take and i wake to the wail like moan of a bus as it groans to a standstill around the block from the place that i ll leave soon four bulbs later bulbs from the lamp that my dad bought me so i ll hit the ground running and tear up the streets but complain about my face and the pain in my feet as i notch up another year until we re all past it and the noose around my neck s tightened too much to take the noose around my neck has tightened too much to take