Mom & Dad

Hustle and bustle, baby

Hustle and bustle

Sell and be sold

Important people

Important crisis

My first time in the city

A main laid collapsed on the sidewalk

People just float on around him

I felt sick because I was young

But I got used to it

Big decisions to be made

The hustle is on

Sell and be sold

You're making it

You're pushing it

One more push

And you're up there

You're important

Sex and the city

High-class travel

Riches, power, freedom

Mom and dad are gone

Mom and dad are really gone

Wonderful parents

Sons and daughters of maids and sailors

Immigrants from cold hard Europe

Forged in the soot of Chicago

Ruined by bank manoeuvres and manipulation

Thrown headfirst into the Great Depression

As children bewildered, innocent

Watching powerless as their parents

Spawned and stumbled in the brave new world

Until they were forced to retreat

And hide in the forest of Michigan

The forest of Michigan

Where they found love

And each other

But they had to pay

This is the USA and you pay twice

For everything

Once to God

And once to the hustle

Mom and dad are gone

And I'm not gonna get used to it

I'll never accept it

I'm gonna find them

I have their pictures

I have their tchotchkes

I have their ashes

And I have my memories

I have a voice to call out

"Mom! Dad!"

"I love you"

"Are you still somewhere?"

"Thank you"

"I'm sorry"

"I know now how you sacrificed"

"I should have done more"

"I should have loved you more"

"But mostly"

"I competed and I defeated"

"I desired and I acquired"

And finally

There was just my dad and I in the room

He held my hand and said, "Son"

"You made your dream come true"

Mom and dad are really gone

Mom and dad are really gone

And I am left alone

Mom and dad