29 Shots of Liquid Courage
On the precipice of a tectonic shift in the ground below
Plates moving left and right in different directions
Wondered what led to this unholy union of a new world
Realized that it about the start of a different beginning
Turning from one decade in age to another one
Noticed that it was time to be more adult
Than just dressing up the part as a grown up
Darn, it was time to actually be responsible
The end of a major era of change in the seasons
Where you're caught between being old enough to know better
And still young enough to not care what anyone else thought
About regularly flipping authority the bird
Youthful arrogance flushed down the toilet
Along with copious amounts of various birthday cakes
Caught between a classic slice of Chocolate
And choosing something new to signify a new era
Leaning towards a large slice of an old family favorite
Your mother's homemade Red Velvet cake
Clinging to it like a life raft back to your childhood
Used to be able to eat anything without consequences
Now your stomach can't seem to play catch-up fast enough
Your love of birthday cake a symptom of a much greater problem
Better to be an extra of "The Walking Dead"
Than dealing with some Vinegar laced truths
Avoiding the urge to confront your rampant disgust
With the generic world of Daytime TV bad attitudes
Where Jerry Springer and talking reigned supreme
Would rather choke on the bitter horse pills
Instead of focusing on the desire to punch out
Your time card for a long trip to unemployment land
Focused on celebrating another lesson in impulse control
Not running off to Vegas at the first sign of trouble
Sticking in the murky landscape of reality
And not get burned in the process
Quite a feet in itself that shouldn't be overlooked anytime soon.
