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Pit Stop

from The Misnomer by The Mispronouncer

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1. Covered in a layer of venture-borne dust.
Someone wrote a message in it: “Dead end or bust.”
View the world through a windshield spattered with bug guts.
Worried saboteurs might’ve loosened your lug nuts.
You’re not steering nearly as steady as you think.
Give me a signal when you’re ready to blink.
All of these roads lead to the same place,
If you’re not there yet, I’d blame your pace.
Out of the darkness, ahead on your left:
A spot where you stop if you feel bereft.
A place where the dirty lights buzz so brightly.
Where the people regard mud and rust politely.
Motorists of the Night will stop to pump gas,
While stiff-legged passengers’ll slump past
On their way inside, too tired for pretense.
Seek and ye shall find convenience.

Chorus: Your road is never-ending.
Sunrise is out there somewhere.
Without the occasional pit stop
You’ll never make it there.
Stuck on the shoulder, tank on “E.”
Racked with pain in your back and knees.
With a parched throat and a ruptured bladder.
Then you’ll know why a pit stop matters.

2. The lone outpost in a stretch of blankness.
It was born worn out, changeless, an oasis
For the forlorn before-dawn traveler.
Drawn to the wanderer, fond of stragglers.
A red-eyed, elsewhere-bound variety.
A true cross-section of our society.
Regardless of culture, creed, or class,
Everybody eats snacks, everybody needs gas.
Moths need neither, but they’re abundant.
The cement’s all stained and the air is pungent.
The numbers on the pump spin higher and higher
You discard garbage and kick the tires.
The pump clicks off, you return the nozzle.
One more tank of the last gift of a fossil.
It’s not gonna get you to your destination,
But it’s always enough to get you to the next station.

Chorus: Your road is never-ending.
Sunrise is out there somewhere.
Without the occasional pit stop
You’ll never make it there.
Stuck on the shoulder, tank on “E.”
Racked with pain in your back and knees.
With a parched throat and a ruptured bladder.
Then you’ll know why a pit stop matters.

Bridge: Everybody wake up, which of you could use a pit stop?
I could, I could, I could use a pit stop.
Everybody wake up, which of you could use a pit stop?
I could use a pit stop.
Everybody wake up, which of you could use a pit stop?
I could, I could, I could use a pit stop.
Everybody wake up, which of you could use a pit stop?
I could use a pit stop.

3. All fueled up, so you head inside,
To give a treat a chance to catch your eye.
The lights blare down, crude, too severe.
They make ghouls out of you and the rude cashier.
Junk food laid out in its garish packaging.
You’re eating it before you’re aware it’s happening.
There in the back is the soft-drink fountain
Singing siren songs while your heart beat’s pounding.
You see unique charm in neglected restrooms.
You appreciate the beauty and detect the doom
In the general decay and the walls’ décor,
Veiled pleas for relief on the back of the stall door.
Back in line, held up ‘cause the guy at the front,
Can’t decide which lottery ticket he might want.
But it’s fine, you’re cool, you understand it.
You’re all between points A and B, in transit.

Chorus: Your road is never-ending.
Sunrise is out there somewhere.
Without the occasional pit stop
You’ll never make it there.
Stuck on the shoulder, tank on “E.”
Racked with pain in your back and knees.
With a parched throat and a ruptured bladder.
Then you’ll know why a pit stop matters. (x2)

credits

from The Misnomer, released July 27, 2012
Sherry Koenigsman introduced the song.
The Mispronouncer made the beat, played the keyboard, wrote the lyrics, and performed most of the vocals.
Baby sang part of the chorus.

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