you don t see me when i m trying to do right maybe you can see me now when i was walking patting my feet on the pavement really truly trying to find a gig did you stand up and speak out in my favor cold desperation she s a devil in bed scratching till my bones are bare pill and needles are all i ve left to savor we were walking and i told you of how my shoes of how my shoes were wearing thin you took your surplus and traded for a favor now i m demented and i m burned unto a cinder forty hours buys a grocery bag for trash i took my pistol and i made myself a sinner will this universe be merciful at last you don t see me you don t see me i get so tired of trying to attract your attention it has occurred to me that you don t see me you should go ahead i m a gonna go ahead i know you re going to ahead you re going to do what you re going to do i know see i see you i watch you you take the money and run you take groceries and run too don t leave nothing left for me you re running and hiding and ducking and hiding and running and hiding and i can t find you nowhere i ll beat your mama i ll beat your daddy i ll go to jail it don t make no mothafugging difference what happens to me going to be there in my own time in my own way cause you don t see me you don t see me i m i m in your mirror