Be Calm

As I walk through the streets of my new city

My back feeling much better, I suppose

I reclaimed the use of my imagination

For better or for worse, I've yet to know

But I always knew you'd be the one to understand me

I guess that's why it took so long to get things right

Well, suddenly I'm lost on my street, on my block

Oh, why? oh, why?

Oh, why haven't you been there for me?

Can't you see, I'm losin' my mind this time?

This time, I think it's for real, I can see

All the treetops turning red

The beggars near bodegas grin

And me, I think they want somethin'

I close my eyes, I tell myself to breathe

And be calm, be calm

I know you feel like you are breakin' down

Well, I know that it gets so hard sometimes

Be calm

I'm scared that everyone is out to get me

(These days before you speak to me you pause)

Always see you lookin' out your window

After all, you lost your band, you left your mom

Now, every single crack, every penny that I pass

Says I should either leave or pick it up, oh

With every single buck I made, I'm saddled with bad luck that came

The moment I was baptized or when I found out one day I'm gonna die

If I could only find my people or my place in life

Then when they come a-carolin', so loud, so bright, the Theremin

They'll lead us to a chorus where we'll all rejoice and sing a song

That goes...

Oh, be calm, be calm

I know you feel like you are breakin' down

Oh, I know that it gets so hard sometimes

Be calm

Take it from me, I've been there a thousand times

You hate your pulse because it thinks you're still alive

And everything's wrong, it just gets so hard sometimes

Be calm

I don't remember much that night

Just walking, thinking fondly of you

Thinkin' that the worst is yet to come

And from that street corner came a song

And I can't remember the man

The panhandler or his melody

The words exchanged had far exceeded

Any change I'd given thee

Oh, be calm, be calm

I know you feel like you are breakin' down

Oh, I know, well, it gets so hard sometimes

Be calm

Take it from me, I've been there a thousand times

You hate your pulse because it thinks you're still alive

And everything's wrong, it just gets so hard sometimes

Be calm

Be calm