Elevator Town

You made it big in
Elevator Town
Back home we wanna know
Does it bum you out
That we don't idolize you?
The statues stuck in the ground
Are kids who stuck around
Making repairs to

Old abandoned buildings
Scratching out a living
Helping a neighbor out
You're looking mighty selfish
Hoarding all your wealth at the top
Of elevator town
Elevator town

You sway along with
Ella, Duke, and Count
The final course comes out
And you gladly trade
Awards for recitations
But what's this lump on a shelf
When you've got nobody else
Who's known you through the phases of

How you got the injury
Why you wake up limping
Football and homecoming crown
Where you were were such a heartbreak
Now when the old knee aches
You get so high 'til there's no coming down
From Elevator Town

The fantasy of the
Highlights' passing glare
As Otis flies through the air
You're assured of self
By each number extinguished
The cable comes to a stop
Always at almost the top
To keep you ever reaching and

Far from those beneath you
Bottom always see through
Staring your neighbor down
From here down to the sidewalk
It's someone else's write-off
And the payoff is back on the ground

It's Elevator Town
Elevator Town
Elevator Town