A Minor Incident

I can't seem to get over
That night in October
Had to get off that roller coaster

By the end of December
A public defender
I can't seem to remember

I don't know if you told her
The cross that I bear
Yeah yeah yeah

There's a chip on my shoulder
It's starting to smolder
I'm still turning that boulder over

There's something I've left out
As the story is fleshed out
I'm getting all stressed out

There's nothing new in the daylight
There's no way I can explain
And I say

It's just a matter of time
There's no reason, no rhyme
A mountain out of a molehill I must climb
It's just a matter of days
Out of time, out of phase
Can't go back to my wicked, wicked ways

A minor infraction
A major reaction
Now I'm in traction

A minor invention
Created the tension
Now I'm back in detention

Don't take the long way
I'm unbolting the gate
Yeah yeah yeah

It's just a matter of time
There's no reason, no rhyme
A mountain out of a molehill I must climb
It's just a matter of days
Out of time, out of phase
Can't go back to my wicked, wicked ways

The ships are all sailing
The trains are derailing
I can't hear what you're saying

I'm titanically sinking
Oh, what was I thinking
Got to start to stop drinking

I'll play the long game
Joy just got out of town

She'd always say
Those that play
Must pay
On and on