Boiling the Stop Sign (Part 2)

Verse 1

Tongues of steam and a cast iron pot

Grumbling neighbors stop and watch

Scrubbing red paint off the metal frame

Somebody's gonna say my name

Pre-Chorus

Why you gotta ruin it

Everybody's cruising through

Nobody ever listens to the rule

So let it bubble on

Chorus

I'm boiling the stop sign down

Watch the red letters drown

Turn the corner into soup

And the traffic goes whoop-whoop-whoop

Nobody tells me when to stop

I'm bubbling it to the top

Verse 2

Fork the warped edge like it's lunch

Railings dripping with the punch

Officers pulling up with lights

I say officer it's just a fright

Pre-Chorus

Why you gotta ruin it

Everything the city drew

Angles never added up to true

So let it bubble on

Chorus

I'm boiling the stop sign down

Watch the red letters drown

Turn the corner into soup

And the traffic goes whoop-whoop-whoop

Nobody tells me when to stop

I'm bubbling it to the top

Bridge

Steam in my kitchen haze

That little octagon brays

Stop it says stop it says

I'll boil the whole phrase away

Chorus

I'm boiling the stop sign down

Watch the red letters drown

Turn the corner into soup

And the traffic goes whoop-whoop-whoop

Nobody tells me when to stop

I'm bubbling it to the top

Verse 3

Simmer low till the morning bell

Melted letters start to swell

Scrape the edges with a wooden spoon

I'll be done before the afternoon

Pre-Chorus

Why you gotta ruin it

Everybody's honking through

Nobody ever reads the signs they view

So let it bubble on

Chorus

I'm boiling the stop sign down

Watch the red letters drown

Turn the corner into soup

And the traffic goes whoop-whoop-whoop

Nobody tells me when to stop

I'm bubbling it to the top

Post-Chorus

Bubble bubble bubble on

Bubble bubble bubble gone

Bubble bubble bubble on

(Gone gone gone)

Verse 4

Neighbor kid with binoculars

Thinks I'm some kind of arsonist

I show him broth from the kettle lid

He says that's rad man can I dip

Pre-Chorus

Why you gotta ruin it

Everybody's parked and stewed

Nobody ever questions what I do

So let it bubble on

Chorus

I'm boiling the stop sign down

Watch the red letters drown

Turn the corner into soup

And the traffic goes whoop-whoop-whoop

Nobody tells me when to stop

I'm bubbling it to the top

Post-Chorus

Bubble bubble bubble on

Bubble bubble bubble gone

Bubble bubble bubble on

(Gone gone gone)

Bridge

City workers at my door

Paperwork and protocol

I hand them each a steaming bowl

They take a sip and lose control

Outro

Stop sign gravy in a jar

Spread it on the neighborhood

Every bumper drinking good

Red and white and boiling hard

Stop sign gravy in a jar

Spread it on the neighborhood

Every bumper drinking good

(Drinking good drinking good)

Stop sign gravy in a jar

(Whoop whoop)

Stop sign gravy in a jar

(Whoop whoop whoop)

Boiled away the afternoon

Boiled away the afternoon