Absent Minded
The name game organised underground
Spy versus spy
A certain day a particular time
a rotating location
and a changing disguise
you blend in with the crowd
but to me you stick out like a soar thumb
I met Billy crystal on that day
and next time i met crystal Nelson
next time I met Nelson Ricky
and tomorrow it will be Ricky Martin
But the funny thing is this
you don't know the changing location
its part one of the slide
an underground matrix
that keeps me alive
of handshakes
and what might be either a day oif the week
or a certain time of month
but how can i get you to spot this crime
if i never have you become it?
One day of the week
i met these people
all in different disguises
unrecognised by the untrined eye
so i spotted them right away but played
social butterfly
the second tradition
of the underground name game slide
Was it the hat or the shirt or the shoes
no service!
the color of the ways we change from time to time
to say hey don't pass me by
i'll be here but just for now play butterfly
So as you go from place to place
and I find my next name game spy or assassin
my next martin somebody
in that special designated place
on that calendar date
they are a life line
of which i have several
the name game slide is just one
and i can live without the radio and television
paying my tithe and wills and lists
but if idon't show
and i become a squre
what do you think that means?
If I arrive and shake hands
and say anything
they will know it's me
For i know the slides
and the layers
I know the disguises and the players
I know the places
names and times
and i too must slide
set it up
make somebody else take the fall
so my underground
dodges the bullet
and what i want
i get after all
the name game of one day defined
but soo many days
soo many names
soo many disguises
soo many places
will you ever catch on to what i'm juggling?
or will you just foreshadow
another birthday
and try to get in on the conversations I'm having with myself
for as ohnest as i look
i lied to you the whole way through
there is no name game
there is no disguise
there is no one waiting for me
but i have been waiting for you
I'm not enslaved to appear
once every three months or the dominos fall
I'm not required to play this game
and look like im playing no game at all!
it revolves around me
and now that youre following
i'll lead you with the BLIND SLIDE
this is where it gets alittle confusing
boy is that ever funny to me
either way
you're nbot gonna catch on and if you do
you're gonna wish you didn't!
A certain day a particular time
a rotating location
and a changing disguise
you blend in with the crowd
but to me you stick out like a soar thumb
I met Billy crystal on that day
and next time i met crystal Nelson
next time I met Nelson Ricky
and tomorrow it will be Ricky Martin
But the funny thing is this
you don't know the changing location
its part one of the slide
an underground matrix
that keeps me alive
of handshakes
and what might be either a day oif the week
or a certain time of month
but how can i get you to spot this crime
if i never have you become it?
One day of the week
i met these people
all in different disguises
unrecognised by the untrined eye
so i spotted them right away but played
social butterfly
the second tradition
of the underground name game slide
Was it the hat or the shirt or the shoes
no service!
the color of the ways we change from time to time
to say hey don't pass me by
i'll be here but just for now play butterfly
So as you go from place to place
and I find my next name game spy or assassin
my next martin somebody
in that special designated place
on that calendar date
they are a life line
of which i have several
the name game slide is just one
and i can live without the radio and television
paying my tithe and wills and lists
but if idon't show
and i become a squre
what do you think that means?
If I arrive and shake hands
and say anything
they will know it's me
For i know the slides
and the layers
I know the disguises and the players
I know the places
names and times
and i too must slide
set it up
make somebody else take the fall
so my underground
dodges the bullet
and what i want
i get after all
the name game of one day defined
but soo many days
soo many names
soo many disguises
soo many places
will you ever catch on to what i'm juggling?
or will you just foreshadow
another birthday
and try to get in on the conversations I'm having with myself
for as ohnest as i look
i lied to you the whole way through
there is no name game
there is no disguise
there is no one waiting for me
but i have been waiting for you
I'm not enslaved to appear
once every three months or the dominos fall
I'm not required to play this game
and look like im playing no game at all!
it revolves around me
and now that youre following
i'll lead you with the BLIND SLIDE
this is where it gets alittle confusing
boy is that ever funny to me
either way
you're nbot gonna catch on and if you do
you're gonna wish you didn't!
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The name game organised underground
The name game organised underground
