Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
River offices, shakin crumz, im sittin back, in my shack countin ones
Don’t be playin now, what they sayin now, why you gotsta be askin what they payin now
Watch the cash flow, like the river uh, snitch why ya wasn’t at the last show
Getting hungry now, get the pretzels out, feel the salt on my tongue, (yeah thats) what they all about
I was eatin pretzels got crumz on my lap, crumz on my lap, crumz on my lap x2
I was eatin toast got crumz on my lap, crumz on my lap, crumz on my lap x2
I got the crumz in my lap, i had to shake out my shirt, they make me get up off my couch wha’ watchin ernie and bert
I had to be real careful, keep the crumz off the floor, i only got one vacuum and i don’t need more
I walk around the house, i walk around the clock, mother i got the sifting at the cinnamon shop
But its the shakin tradition put this hat on the mat, and its a shakin ambition to get these crumz off my lap
I was eatin cheese got crumz on my lap, crumz on my lap, crumz on my lap x2
I was eatin chicken got crumz on my lap, crumz on my lap, crumz on my lap x2
Glitter penis... two thousand... x2
C.R.U.M.Z in my lap x6
Don’t be playin now, what they sayin now, why you gotsta be askin what they payin now
Watch the cash flow, like the river uh, snitch why ya wasn’t at the last show
Getting hungry now, get the pretzels out, feel the salt on my tongue, (yeah thats) what they all about
I was eatin pretzels got crumz on my lap, crumz on my lap, crumz on my lap x2
I was eatin toast got crumz on my lap, crumz on my lap, crumz on my lap x2
I got the crumz in my lap, i had to shake out my shirt, they make me get up off my couch wha’ watchin ernie and bert
I had to be real careful, keep the crumz off the floor, i only got one vacuum and i don’t need more
I walk around the house, i walk around the clock, mother i got the sifting at the cinnamon shop
But its the shakin tradition put this hat on the mat, and its a shakin ambition to get these crumz off my lap
I was eatin cheese got crumz on my lap, crumz on my lap, crumz on my lap x2
I was eatin chicken got crumz on my lap, crumz on my lap, crumz on my lap x2
Glitter penis... two thousand... x2
C.R.U.M.Z in my lap x6
Lyrics submitted by ozziundrgrnd, edited by Juliarose96
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