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The Coffee Shop Café (and Laundromat)

from Tanked for Jupiter by Cheap City

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lyrics

Two items on the menu
Watered down coffee in Styrofoam cups
And old sloppy joes for a couple of bucks
Two regulars in ‘Nam hats are watching Elimidate Deluxe
Guys in the parking lot are working on their trucks
A narrow hallway leads to the laundry machines
And the cracked concrete floor is moldy and green
There’s a bulletin board that’s littered with ads
A glossy one says, “If you’ve got time – we’ve got cash.”

Wifi cuts in and out at a steady pace
But I’m in the corner dreaming of space
And passing through an asteroid belt in a double length trailer
As I study the text on this help wanted paper
A couple of guys to head into space
A couple of guys met with the absence of their fates
It’s a Jovian trip. It’s a trucker’s delight.
It’s a job for dreamers who stay up all night

How can I explain my brain’s flash of a Grand AM
Stalled out in my mind like an orbiting trash can
How can I explain the paranoia and claustrophobia that comes from insomnia?

I’m tanked for Jupiter.

In order to stoke xenophobic sentiments in Cheap City’s lower and middle class, a SPACE RACE was initiated against neighboring cities. While it’s competitors sought to establish colonies on the moon and Mars, Cheap City set its sights on Jupiter – or at least its moons. But in order to build a colony supplies were needed, so Cheap City sought out long haul truckers willing to take their rigs into space.

There’s a Great Red Spot in my mind and in my heart
And it becomes a storm when my thoughts swirl and start
To spin in my head like cosmic rings
Like stars hung from the ceiling on translucent strings

Every now and then I find I’m staring at the sky
Imagining another place but I don’t know why
Where I’m somebody else in someone else’s skin
And I’m in someone else’s house using someone else’s things
Escape can be nice for a while
As long as it’s not exile

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from Tanked for Jupiter, released December 6, 2019

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