Sugar & Candy

It was 5: 45 on a Friday
 I was waitin' for a train goin' my way
 I stood packed on a platform in Brooklyn
 Where everybody's pushin', but nobody's lookin'
 So I got crushed in the rush for the subway
 By the little old man tryin' to shove me
 Well, I noticed her when I glanced sideways
 And felt continents shifting inside me
 I was dressed in my best polyester
 And I could tell that the plastic impressed her
 'Cause she smiled as she eased up beside me
 And then she said she had things to confide, see
 She said, her dad ran away with Samantha
 The middle-aged exotic dancer
 So her mom had to turn to her savior
 And here's the advice that he gave her
 He said, Reese's pieces, Swedish fish
 Oodles of skittles and red licorice
 Marshmallow mints and a chocolate kiss
 And it melts in your mouth like this
 Take out your contacts and look at the screen
 Take off your make-up and look at the scene
 If you break your restrictions, then you'll understand me
 Take your prescription of sugar and candy, oh yeah
 We arrived there by way of the highway
 After night drives with trinkets and tirades
 To a town bound with old guards and dry docks
 Bored I drug my ass of the bus and hit the sidewalks
 I stumbled by the lane name of my way
 And got caught in the street by treading lightly
 The fish passed me by led by fish hooks
 I hit pop flies and caught their strange looks
 But one figure struggled just to stand there
 He was a one legged man in his wheel chair
 I struck out a course for his lantern
 I put out a hand and then he grabbed me
 He told a lifetime of boxcars and bi-ways
 Of the times of stock yards and chain gangs and two legs
 He offered his advice for a penny
 And for that small price here's what he gave me
 Take out your contacts and look at the screen
 Take off your make-up and look at the scene
 If you break your restrictions, then you'll understand me
 Take your prescription of sugar and candy, oh yeah