standing on the corner of watchung place
and everyone is driving down to see
they advertised all week in the paper and now
all the people want to get in free
hey wait
waiting for life to stop
i am such a daredevil, here i go
gonna jump a little distance to the street
commercials kind of hinted it would be a mile
but i chickened out at 700 feet
hey wait
waiting for life to stop
hey wait
waiting for life to stop
i just took a step off the platform high
now i'm flying towards the bunch of little heads
this is so boring, it should be a cinch
to just float upon that destination bed
oh no
i can't breathe
i think i'm scared
going too fast
hey wait
waiting for life to...
©1978 r.stevie moore
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