I'm a Pilot

You can't trust that sound

You're sleepin' in all the time

You'll see me on the screen

Through all the other souls dark walls

With the sun, the mad circus says goodnight

The tape machine is bust

From all it spinnin' 'round and 'round

I've scratched all my reels

I've bitten all my nails to the bone, like a stone

You come back and thrown up

Away from the tar, and away from the drills

But, kid, I'm a pilot, it's all I believe in

It's all I believe in

You can ride on my back

And time on your hands

You spent your mornings down by the tracks

You had the drivers sign your arms

My hospitals will welcome you home

Like a tomb, with godmothers aching

To look at your grades, and believe what you say

But, kid, I'm a pilot, it's all I believe in

It's all I believe in

You can ride on my back

If I stay in this room, they'll remember me for my youth

If I stay in this room, they'll remember me for my youth

If I give it all up

If I give it all up

If I give it all up

But, kid, I'm a pilot, it's all I believe in

It's all I believe in

And it's all I believe in

You can ride on my back