[00:00:00] Now I could sit here and baffle you [00:00:02] With shallow babble [00:00:04] And a bunch of punch lines [00:00:06] You probably won't get [00:00:07] Or even use some big words [00:00:09] That you'd have to look up [00:00:11] But I'm not a teacher [00:00:13] So go ahead and close your book up [00:00:15] I could tell a fairy tale so convincing [00:00:17] And keep a straight face from beginning [00:00:21] To happy ending [00:00:22] I could waste 32 bars telling you how to live [00:00:26] Knowing damn well I used [00:00:27] Mtv cribs for the blueprint [00:00:28] I could bore you to death [00:00:31] With my past relationships [00:00:32] Or a little ditty bout Jack and Dianne [00:00:36] Or I could go back to childhood [00:00:38] Dig up them skeletons [00:00:40] And spit them at you with a catchy hook [00:00:43] Look I could strike a nerve [00:00:45] With some four letter words [00:00:47] That'll make Richard Pryor proud [00:00:49] Or better yet I could sing a [00:00:51] Jingle that'll contort and mingle [00:00:54] Every single solitary letter in the alphabet [00:00:56] I could tell you whatever you want to hear [00:00:59] But if I just said hello would you listen to me [00:01:02] I could sell a blind man new ears [00:01:03] If I just said hello would you listen to me [00:01:05] I'm trying hard trying to make it perfectly clear [00:01:07] But I'm dying because their [00:01:08] Aint nobody listening to me [00:01:08] Been relying on myself on [00:01:09] Myself for more than 22 years [00:01:11] And I aint crying I just need [00:01:12] Someone to listen to me [00:01:13] Can I get some reply get [00:01:14] Maybe some kind of sign [00:01:15] To let me know that you're listening to me [00:01:16] Just from time to time I get lost in my mind [00:01:18] Its hard to find someone to listen to me [00:01:20] My ears were open when [00:01:21] You needed some consoling [00:01:21] I'm hoping till the sound you hear echoes [00:01:22] Every time I say hello [00:01:28] I could talk about my duds [00:01:30] And my thrift store scores [00:01:31] But that probably wouldn't interest you [00:01:33] But why should it [00:01:35] I mean I've seen a lot of shit in 22 years [00:01:38] But your feet in my shoes [00:01:40] Isn't something I recall [00:01:42] And I've been known to drink 22 beers [00:01:45] Before a show cuz [00:01:46] Otherwise I probably wouldn't have the balls [00:01:49] I could make references to books I never read [00:01:53] For the sake of sounding conscious [00:01:54] But that's just obnoxious [00:01:56] I could take off these bandages and [00:01:58] Expose these papercuts [00:02:00] And put them in the air [00:02:01] With both my middle fingers up [00:02:03] Or talk about myself in third person [00:02:05] Like I'm better than you [00:02:07] Cuz there's nothing else better to do [00:02:10] I could attack your character from [00:02:12] Eighty different angles [00:02:14] Cleverly explaining exactly how wack you are [00:02:18] But why do that when it's a well known fact [00:02:21] You buying this cd is potentially feeding me [00:02:23] Come on [00:02:25] I could tell you whatever [00:02:26] You want to hear [00:02:27] But if I just said hello [00:02:27] Would you listen to me [00:02:28] I could sell a blind man new ears [00:02:29] If I just said hello would you listen to me [00:02:31] I'm trying hard trying to [00:02:32] Make it perfectly clear [00:02:33] But I'm dying because their [00:02:34] Aint nobody listening to me [00:02:34] Been relying on myself on [00:02:36] Myself for more than 22 years [00:02:37] And I aint crying I just need [00:02:38] Someone to listen to me [00:02:39] Can I get some reply get [00:02:40] Maybe some kind of sign [00:02:41] To let me know that you're listening to me [00:02:42] Just from time to time I get lost in my mind [00:02:44] Its hard to find someone to listen to me [00:02:45] My ears were open when [00:02:46] You needed some consoling [00:02:47] I'm hoping till the sound you hear echoes [00:02:48] Every time I say hello [00:03:19] Hello is there anybody out there [00:03:26] Hello is there anybody out there