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Off the Street, Onto the Road

from California by Paul Curreri

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Scotty Joplin woke late and saw the sun on the grand
He quickly knocked out the picture and called up Joseph Lamb
And got through
He said "I woke in a room that needed my power
I gave myself to the morning and watched
As night-blooming flowers bloomed"

He was not one
He was many
But he'd be the one if there had to be any
He'd get off of that street & get himself onto the road
Get me off of that street & get me onto the road

A young woman sat smoking in the rain up in Brooklyn
"What I want", she said, soaking
"Is just to do what I couldn't use to do"
And when she hung up, I asked her
She washed out her eyes
She gave me the festoon of roses while I was still alive
Thank you

She was not one
She was many
But she'd be the one if there had to be any
She'd get off of that street & get himself onto the road
Get me off of that street & get me onto the road

A garden untended and a whole lot of wine
Wile take the taken for granted back into a time when
And that dent in your thinking chair where your visions were fed
It won't fit your ass, which will fit your head, my friend
Yeah, we're friends

We are not one
No, we're many
But we ought be the one if there has to be any
And get ourselves off of that street & get ourselves onto the road
Get me off of that street & get me onto the road

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from California, released October 6, 2009

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