Jump Up

<br>Everybodys talking like they cant sit down<br><br>And looking like they cant stand up<br><br>It must be the lastest style<br><br>And theyve seen a lot of things that you never see<br><br>Back on the mile up to the hanging tree<br><br>Some people cant keep their fingers clean<br><br>Just clicking their heels to the beat of the scene<br><br>Trying to keep careen until the first edition of last nights obituries<br><br><br><br>Jump up--hold on tight<br><br>Cant trust the promise or a guarantee<br><br>cause the man round the curve says that hes never heard<br><br>Of you or me<br><br><br><br>No tombstone would ever surprise me<br><br>When Im locked in a room about half the size of a matchbox<br><br>Got holes in my socks<br><br>They match the ones that I got in my feet<br><br>I put my feet in the holes in the street and somebody paved me over<br><br>I was a statue standing on the corner<br><br>Tell me, how else can a boy get to see those pretty pleats? <br><br><br><br>Candidate talkin on the radio from the &quot;cheaters jamboree&quot;<br><br>It must be their lastest fool<br><br>cause its a two-horse race and he changed his bets<br><br>Like it was just another brand of cigarettes<br><br><br><br>Some people judge and they just guess the rest<br><br>They cant understand that dont mean that youre blessed<br><br>They ought to catch the express next stop no where<br><br>That way you can forget<br><br><br><br>Jump up--hold on tight<br><br>Cant trust the promise or a guarantee<br><br>cause the man round the curve says that hes never heard<br><br>Of you or me