Yo-Yo Tricks - Fred Thomas

I could come from any direction that I wanted to

But I won’t tell you

Lies about a world that I almost knew

To sell my songs to you

And I see you early in the morning taking bottles back

After your party

Someone’s passed out in the back of your Cadillac

And driving off so fast

And they’ll ask, «Where are you going?»

You’ll say «I don’t know but I have to get there»

A light shine through the snow

You’ll hear voices laughing

«You'll be back here, you’ll come back here

Don’t think that you won’t»

So when you see me on the corner

Doing yo-yo tricks for all the new children

They’ll be the same ones I had in '96

I’ve got nothing new

But in the end like the beginning

There is trust and sound and no convolutions

If your head hurts while you’re singing

Take a look around, get back in your shiny car

Tell yourself again about how your engine’s faster than my heart