Nobody - David Baerwald

I go armed to the teeth and I wander the streets

Confirming my worst suspicions

Lie awake in my bed disguising my dread

As concern for the human condition

I’m a God-fearing man but I get blood on my hands

And I deal with the public and I do what I can

To keep these thoughts of a plague at bay

The streets are filled with boys all crazy in the noise

Every single one a dupe of advertising ploys

All blown out on dust and high-caliber toys

And they keep me in terror and they keep me employed

And I’m nobody

I am nobody

A federal team arrived at the scene

To impede my investigation

The president beamed to every TV screen

Good news about the state of the nation

No rumors of war, not like times before

So why do I sleep behind a bulletproof door

Drinking my fear of the day away

My precinct crew has come unglued

And those little envelopes keep coming on through

I talk too much and I drink too much

But I’m paying my mortgage and paying my dues

And I’m nobody

I am nobody

I got out of the army, guess I didn’t know what to do

Came home, joined the police force

I was still a young man;

seen too many movies

So I asked for the gang squad

Of course what I didn’t expect was seeing children lying dead

And standing helpless on the side

You ought to hear their mamas cry

To nobody

And everywhere I go I hear somebody say

The drugs are brought in by the CIA

So who am I working for, who do I protect?

Who do I talk to, there’s nowhere to connect

And who am I?

I’ll tell you who I am

I am nobody