Waste of Space and Days Songtext

von Box Office Poison

Every week I sleep at a different friend's house
Those books I bought in school don't do me no good now
When I call my mom she just hangs up the phone
Penniless and loveless, I need a job and a home

And Veronica don't answer my pages
Since she got tired of me and my blue-collar wages
That business life just ain't for me
In a suit and a tie I'll never be free

I look really pale and I feel like a slob
But no matter how much I lose, my hope won't be robbed
Everyday I make amends for my sinner's soul
Maybe I'll get back home if I ever get whole

I don't ever buy a thing without knowin what it costs
I ride the D train, and just get off more lost
I answer ads for jobs that ain't for me
They say they'll call me back but just let me be
I eat here and there and sleep an hour a day
The pillow makes me think of the prices that I pay
I left school, it just left me wantin more
I never learned which doorknob was for my door

And I don't blame my mom and Veronica's right
I'm just a waste of space and days
And I just pray that before I'm through
I'll figure out what I want to do