UFO - The Night Game

Look at the cover and you know how the book ends

Turn twenty-three and mark me off as a has-been

I wrote some words down on a white paper napkin

And I woke up in outer space

I told my friends we’d meet again on that same couch

But they’re all married now or in jail or strung out

Blew all my money just to live in a dollhouse

Put on a happy face

And I thought I saw a UFO

But I guess it was just a cloud

And I thought maybe the seed would grow

But it’s wilted and turning brown

I swear I’d be home for Christmas this year

If I could just leave the house

I thought I saw a UFO

But then it came crashing down

I left her in Brooklyn with some cash in a shoebox

Landlord hung up a sign and put on a padlock

Traded my MetroCard for Advil and sunblock

And boarded a one-way flight

Got a hotel, threw out the stash and the champagne

I started drinking herbal tea for the neck pain

Wrote her a letter, but she’s got a new last name

And I’m here alone tonight

And I thought I saw a UFO

But I guess it was just a cloud

And I thought maybe the seed would grow

But it’s wilted and turning brown

I swear I’d be home for Christmas this year

If I could just leave the house

I thought I saw a UFO

But then it came crashing down

Thought about moving to the mountains this new year

Put on a cowboy hat and grow out a long beard

Guess I could drink again, but it’s been like ten years

And that’d make my old man cry

I know there’s gotta be an ending to this mess

I just don’t wanna wait to see how bad it gets

I was on fire, boy, now it’s the cold sweat

And I’m lying awake again tonight

Cause I thought I saw a UFO

But I guess it was just a plane

And I thought maybe the seed would grow

Yeah, but it’s circling round the drain

But I swear I’d be home for Christmas this year

If I could just fix my brain, oh

I thought I saw a UFO

But they all say I’m insane

Never wanted to feel like I was grown up

Saying I’d never-ever, was never gonna grow up

Living like I was forever young, I’d never grow up

Nobody told me that one day I was gonna wake up

Grown-up

And fucked up

(Swear I’ll be home for Christmas this year…)