Street Sweeper

The Oath

Street Sweeper


The lamppost could swear 
it had seen me before
And stared 
as I stumbled through the motel door
The dirty mirror 
also thought I looked familiar
But commented only that my suit was brilliant
The TV 
bolted to the wall and cracked 
Remembered how I cried 
and said I'd never come back
In the lacquer of the table 
I had carved my oath
With a burnt butter knife
And this is what I wrote

I pledge 
to get their foot off my neck
Instead
I shall demand my respect
I'll fight 
even if I won't win
Alright
the beginning is the end
I pledge 
to make the bosses cringe
Instead 
we'll get some justified ends
I'll fight 
til the system is gone 
Recite 
this ex-losers song

(Yeeee!)
Alright, Muthafuckas!
(Coo-Coooo!)
Fight, Muthafuckas!
(Yeeee!)
Alright Muthafuckas!
(Coo-Coooo!)
Fight, Muthafuckas!

I pledge 
to live life as lesson
That said
even my words are weapons 
I'll fight 
show love in motion 
Alright
mountains move from oceans
I pledge 
there is no surrender 
Instead
I'll expose their agenda
Fight 
and make vampires bleed
Recite 
this ex-losers creed

(Yeeee!)
Alright Muthafuckas!
(Coo-Coooo!)
Fight Muthafuckas!
(Yeeee!)
Alright Muthafuckas!
(Coo-Coooo!)
Fight Muthafuckas!

I pledge 
that I'll taste each second
That said
I know each moment's a present
I'll fight 
a battle fit for ballads 
Alright 
at two we hit the palace
I pledge 
that we are individuals
That said
from you I'm indivisible 
Fight 
and match the blaze of comets 
Recite 
this ex-losers promise

The carpet 
inquired 
if I'd lay there again
And where was the girl 
from when there last I had been
The commode 
refused to speak 
as I made my escape
It knew every subtle nuance of my war torn face
The concrete outside 
felt disrespected
It was partly my fault it had been neglected
At the precipice of fate 
is where I carved my oath
With the dagger from my back
And you know what I wrote 

(Yeeee!)
Alright Muthafuckas!
(Coo-Coooo!)
Fight Muthafuckas!
(Yeeee!)
Alright Muthafuckas!
(Coo-Coooo!)
Fight Muthafuckas!