Slippin' From The Mainstream

Every year ‘bout this time
The radio beggars come ‘round
They wants my money
For nefarious deals
Or some different kind of projeck
They say “Man, you been listenin’”
“You know how it is.”
“We're tryin’ to ‘complish somethin’ here,”
I drive my car in the traffic line
Bumper to bumper, mos’ of the time
But today I just slips away from all that
Findin’ myself a nice gap
Between cars and trucks full of people
Peoples goin’ to work
Peoples goin’ home from work
Peoples avoidin’ work
So I just turns off the radio
An’ let them beggars have it all to themselves
Man in a car goes by blowin’ his horn
Flippin’ me off an’ I just laugh
I aint done nothin’
Just drivin’ in the mainstream
Hittin’ one in the gap
Puttin’ on my signal
I head on outa town
Passin' by a line of beggars
Holdin' transistor radios out to me
Tellin' me I got to pay
For what I been hearin' all my life for free.