Diet Coke Saint

Lying on the concrete with the soreness in my mind
Pressed up against the pavement palms inside my eyes

I'd always thought the kids who shimmer in the heatwaves
Wouldn't notice but I hear them step around me

Stretched out like Jesus in the summer

Say what you will mom but I don't think that they'll understand
I won't be remembered as a saint
I want to fly away but lying here for once I'm feeling grounded
And I take shape inside the breeze

Stretched out like Lenny Kravitz in the summer
Lenny Kravitz in the summer
Feeling like it got a little warmer
Letting my body go

And it takes you there and leaves you there
Takes you there and leaves you there
And it's me

Met a wandering man who had a face just like my dad's
And when the stars came out I realized that he'd found me
Told me that the most American thing he could do was drink
Diet Coke off the pavement where they spilled it

(Gotta love a reason to exist)
Spilled out like Jesus in the summer
(Feels like an old friend you had missed)
Diet Coke stain in the summer
(Gotta love a reason to exist)
Like when grandma saw his face in a potato
(Feels like an old friend you had missed)
Feeling it taking hold

And it takes you there and leaves you there
Takes you there and leaves you there
It takes you there and leaves you there
She takes you there and leaves you there

And it's gone
And it's gone
And it's done