TheBanyanTree: madman

[Mike Pingleton]

I wake up in the gray morning
always the saddest part
I lie there in the shelter
feel the beating of my heart

another long day is dawning
pushin' away at the dark
I gather up my belongings
head down to the park

and I wonder what will the day bring
I wonder if this is the day
when I put it all back together
when I find what was taken away

you pass me on the sidewalk
pretend that you don't see
and so you don't even notice
how much you frighten me

I used to be just like you
I used to have my own life
maybe your mind is like mine
balanced on the edge of a knife

I'm one of those wandering madmen
wondering if this is the day
when I put it all back together
when I find what was taken away

was it somebody else at the college
was it me with all those degrees
did I really fall so far I could not get up
was it really me

I spend the day on the park bench
puzzled how I got to this place
does the world rushing by ever see me
does my strangeness show on my face

I'm just a wandering madman
wondering if this is the day
when I put it all back together
when I find what has slipped away.