Strings Lyrics - Shut Down The Streets - A.c. Newman

I'm the star of a book you wrote before your career was illustrious 

Though only renters and college kids skimmed through 

Skipped through to the end to see if you got help from someone there up on high 

Who may have heard the beacon's faint cry 

"I could do things for you, I can do things for you" 

All the reasons I always dreamed of school 

I just dropped out and left them there 

It was always the fabulous stain on my reputation for opening doors 

And selling arts and crafts from the floor 

Lately I know this much no more, we've been waiting for you 

We've been waiting for you 

All done kidding, done restating 

Some teen beat fears of the bright lights fading 

You learn to wean yourself off of it 

Did some orphan's lament get heard one night, pinball through moons and time 

Wind through some harmless darkness, bounce off stars 

And knock into some warm waiting arms? 

Or was it just some time served, some proof 

Until we learned some obvious truth? 

That we'd been waiting for you 

We've been waiting for you 

All done kidding, done restating 

Some teen beat fears of the bright lights fading 

You learn to wean yourself off of it 

We've been waiting for you