derek's poems

GARBAGE MAN

"take out the garbage, man"

my mama says to me but I'm just doing what I can

to just survive even when I feel like giving in

but I guess I gotta handle my shit

"you're full of garbage, man"

my dad says to me that I will never be a man

and sometimes life feels more awake when I'm sleeping in

but I guess I gotta get over it

I'm the garbage man

driving my truck all around town

don't ask me how I am

because I'll just bring you down

dumping my problems on you like you're some kind of landfill

but oversharing is my expertise baby, I can and I will

I'm made of garbage, man

overflowing with these problems and it's getting cramped

in my mind along with all of these crumpled cans

of booze that I'm not allowed to drink

I'm made of garbage, man

a little rat with big dreams that doesn't have a plan

or a clue of who to run to when the madness ends

there's too much going on it hurts my head to think

I'm the garbage man

driving my truck all around town

don't ask me how I am

because I'll just bring you down

dumping my problems on you like you're some kind of landfill

but oversharing is my expertise baby, I can and I will

ooahh (4)

I'm trash, baby

hope you don't mind that I've been slipping up a lot lately

hope you can overlook the fact I'm slowly going crazy

isolated in my bedroom

I'm trash, honey

hope you don't mind that I don't have very much money

and I'll annoy you until you no longer think I'm funny

but I guess I'll just leave that up to you

I'm the garbage man

driving my truck all around town

don't ask me how I am

because I'll just bring you down, down, down, down

I'm the garbage man

driving my truck all around town

don't ask me how I am

because I'll just bring you down

dumping my problems on you like you're some kind of landfill

but oversharing is my expertise baby, I can and I will