my car broke down in arizona have to ride the bus again at ten o clock on tuesday night with thirteen cents and a broken pen i put my backpack on the bench tell two people i don t smoke see the cop across the street he thinks that i am selling dope i could have walked another block to get away from the scene why does it always come to this where zero meets fifteen and so i gave my thirteen cents to the man who peed his pants he passes out and falls on me i watch my change fall from his hand i see the lady next to me holds her baby black blue the junkie gutter punks keeps asking where i got my new tattoo what does it matter anyway thirteen cents or all i own how can i ever save the world on cup o soup and student loans i want to try and save the world but it never goes that way god i don t know what to do down at colfax and broadway now the man with no shoes on says i don t know how to play he says i fumble all the time he thinks that i am john elway i put my face down in my hands water wells inside my eyes what do i have to give them does it matter if i try i can t stand to see yousuffer i try to intellectualize a formula to end you pain it doesn t work god knows i ve tried sometimes my cup is overfilled sometimes i m too afraid that i m going to spill