clock is ticking but i won t get up i know i gotta pack all that stuff into the van and drive to portland cause i got 9 hrs to go up the coast through the old grove trees breathing in the ocean breeze it sure would be nice to get some sleep but i got 9 hrs to go i sit behind a desk all day listening to angry people have their say i d like to play some songs take a walk in the sun but i got 9 hrs to go pressing buttons while i answer the phone and dreaming of a life on the road with no goodbyes only see you so long i got 9 hrs to go oh today i got 9 hrs to go oh maybe then i ll go home on route to chicago i did this show in milwaukee i m that slam poet i m the samurai saki that ivan e coyote talked about on her walkie talkie they got on commercial drive motor mouth cocky and got banned for life from lesbian street hockey cause i m rock n roll weird like ginsberg without a beard the whole world hates the president of the united states through protest and debate but the berlin wall did fall while christians were on blind dates what made mozart a genius was his laugh don t give me 15 minutes of fame give me an hour and a half i gotta go or i ll be late for the show still got the smell of texas on my clothes and now i m out on the oregon coast this place always reminds me of home but i got 9 hrs to go i ve been here since 6 am trying to do and say just the right things but what s right for work might be wrong for me and i got 9 hrs to go call the doctor call the ambulance somebody hurt you now you re doing penance there are no answers only hard hard questions i got 9 hrs to go oh today i got 9 hrs to go oh maybe then i ll go home sweet dreams save me i got 9 hrs to go oh maybe then i ll go home