I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
(M-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-my baseball team is called The Dukes)
GO!
Take out the garbage, (?) video games
Cynthia says hi to me
Make a wish on a machine at a shady carnival
It means something to me
I wake the next morning with an unpleasant surprise
Well Billy knows it's me and borrows some cash and takes me to NYC
Get a job about toys, working computers, you know that's my specialty
What am I gonna do I'm thirteen yeah and thirty
They said it would take just six weeks to fix my damn problem
I could get lucky and find that, find that damn Zoltar
Now I'm with someone and work my way up 'cause she means the world to me
Talk to the boss man and get in good with the head of the company
Billy says it's Sea Point Park and it means nothing to me
Now I confess to Susan and talk to her and tell her that I'm thirteen
She takes it as an "I can't handle you, you mean nothing to me"
What am I gonna do? I'm lost, I want to go home
They said it would take just six weeks to fix my damn problem
I could get lucky and find that, find that damn Zoltar
The space goes downtown baby
Downtown roller coaster
Sweet, sweet baby
Sweet, sweet they let me go
Shimmy, shimmy cocoa pop
Shimmy, shimmy rock
Shimmy, shimmy cocoa pop
Shimmy, shimmy rock
I met a girlfriend a Triscuit
She said, a Triscuit a biscuit
Ice cream, soda pop, vanilla on the top
Oooh sonny rockin' down the street
Ten times a week
I meant it, I said it
I stole ya momma's credit
I'm cool, I'm hot
sock me in the stomach three more times
They said it would take just six weeks to fix my damn problem
I could get lucky and find that, find that damn Zoltar
GO!
Take out the garbage, (?) video games
Cynthia says hi to me
Make a wish on a machine at a shady carnival
It means something to me
I wake the next morning with an unpleasant surprise
Well Billy knows it's me and borrows some cash and takes me to NYC
Get a job about toys, working computers, you know that's my specialty
What am I gonna do I'm thirteen yeah and thirty
They said it would take just six weeks to fix my damn problem
I could get lucky and find that, find that damn Zoltar
Now I'm with someone and work my way up 'cause she means the world to me
Talk to the boss man and get in good with the head of the company
Billy says it's Sea Point Park and it means nothing to me
Now I confess to Susan and talk to her and tell her that I'm thirteen
She takes it as an "I can't handle you, you mean nothing to me"
What am I gonna do? I'm lost, I want to go home
They said it would take just six weeks to fix my damn problem
I could get lucky and find that, find that damn Zoltar
The space goes downtown baby
Downtown roller coaster
Sweet, sweet baby
Sweet, sweet they let me go
Shimmy, shimmy cocoa pop
Shimmy, shimmy rock
Shimmy, shimmy cocoa pop
Shimmy, shimmy rock
I met a girlfriend a Triscuit
She said, a Triscuit a biscuit
Ice cream, soda pop, vanilla on the top
Oooh sonny rockin' down the street
Ten times a week
I meant it, I said it
I stole ya momma's credit
I'm cool, I'm hot
sock me in the stomach three more times
They said it would take just six weeks to fix my damn problem
I could get lucky and find that, find that damn Zoltar
Lyrics submitted by R9Z
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this song is basically an story plot of the movie big starring tom mo fucking hanks baby!