Walking
Scott Seskind Lyrics

Walking down the street
Strolling on the pathway

wishing I had someone to meet
Desiring to encounter somebody

but I don't
But that is not the case

not today anyway
But not on this particular day

I wish I was coming home tonight
I yearn to return home tonight

but I still gotta wait
But I still have to be patient

another six nights
Six more days to go

for you
To be together with you

I've been trying to be good all afternoon
I have been endeavoring to behave well since noon

working for my pay
Earning my wages

hoping we won't have to move away again
Expecting not to have to relocate once more

‘cause for many a year
Because for many years

I've heard the same song
I have listened to the same tune

from my half-weary ear
From my partially exhausted sense of hearing

“Don't you wanna belong?”
"Do you not want to fit in?"

no not me
No, I do not

I'm so ready to turn my page
I am prepared to move ahead

‘cause green is green
Since green is still green

and this grass is ok
And this lawn is just acceptable

I'm yours
I belong to you

I don't wanna stay where I am anymore
I do not wish to remain here anymore

there's too much left to see
There are too many things left unseen

too many days of you and me
Too many days spent together by you and me

I go out in the afternoons
I go out during afternoons

I find things to do
I come across things to occupy myself

I'm friendly with the neighbors
I am on amicable terms with the neighbors

I do some walking too
I also walk around

the work I do’s not boring
The job I do is not tedious

‘cause I don't work alone
Because I work along with others

I'm a worker of the workers
I am a laborer among laborers

a shovel of the hole
I am a digger of the pit

I'm a shiver on a sliver
I am a tremble on a blade

the feeling of our time
The sensation of our era

I don't wanna look at myself anymore
I do not wish to examine myself anymore

all people are the same
All individuals are identical

dividing up amongst us
Splitting up within our community

afraid to shoulder the blame
Scared of taking the responsibility

So again tonight
Once again tonight

to bed unchanged
Going to bed just as I was

having written these few words
After composing these limited lines

feeling somehow satisfied
Feeling contented in some manner

in my nothing little world
In my small, insignificant universe

I am everyone and everyone is me
I am comparable to everyone and everyone is like me