"People Song"

by Joseph McCombs

          I'm the people, I'm the places,
          Animals, and everything;
          I'm the life that passed you by
          Without you even noticing.

I'm the girl who talked too much
At the show you paid to see;
I'm the woman who walked too slowly
When there was someplace you had to be.

          (Refrain)

I'm the biker in the lane
That you accused of blocking traffic;
I'm the artifcats of wood
That you thought should be made of plastic.

          (Refrain)

I'm the corner street musician
You would never give a coin;
I'm the causes and petitions
You would never think to join.

          (Refrain)

I'm the comics you discarded
When you were finished reading stocks;
I'm the man you disregarded
Living in a cardboard box.

          (Refrain)

I'm the public playground you thought
Was taking up too much space;
I'm the self-help books that you bought,
Never read, & let go to waste.

          (Refrain)

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