[Intro] California can wait. Apparently. [Verse 1] Eight hours driving, one tire quits, Trunk full of confidence, none of the kit. No jack, no iron, no bars on the phone; Perfect time to leave my only ride alone. Rail cars tagged, broken-window palace, I go sightseeing with a roadside challenge. "Mr. McMeowerson, aisle nine, please," Talking to the dark like the building hired me. Light in the rafters starts changing its shape, Floor drops out like it's canceling my lease. Arms getting long, legs heavy as debt; I paid for gas, I didn't pay for this shit. [Hook] No jack, no bars, Wrong turn in a very cheap car. Time got stuck, road went soft, How the hell do I get off? No jack, no bars, Whole damn universe wants a jump-start. If I get back where I was, I'ma buy that jack from the auto parts. [Verse 2] Time swamp, welcome, return trip canceled, Mirrors full of people I ain't treated with manners. Ask what I owe, they all open their mouths; Every brush-off got a face staring back now. Up through a tube, come apart with no pain, Cloud-hopping idiot enjoying the change. Clouds turn to lies that I told to save face, No nice way to float over what you can't face. Phone rings while I'm falling in pieces; Everybody I hurt on the line saying, "We're even." Body snaps back like the world's got magnets; Birds outside and some kids laughing at me. [Bridge - nearly dry voice] Forgiveness wasn't anything I could demand. I heard it in a story I couldn't understand. Some things need a call when I get back home. Some things need a jack in the trunk from now on. [Hook - bright bass return] No jack, no bars, Wrong turn in a very cheap car. Time got stuck, road went soft, How the hell do I get off? No jack, no bars, Whole damn universe wants a jump-start. If I get back where I was, I'ma buy that jack from the auto parts. [Outro] "Rail Yards, man. First time seeing the light?" They changed my tire. They're nowhere in sight. Watch says California. Still got to work. Universe repaired me. Didn't reimburse. [End]
