The Welfare Stretch

Intro

Uh

Check the block

Northside

Wicked on the prowl

Verse 1

Jen wandering the West Coast

Empty pockets and a bent spine

Looking like a raccoon heading for the white stone

While her skull scrapers through the lime

She sleeps upright against the red brick

The concrete turns into her bed

Rotten habits make a man sick

Heavy hunger inside her head

Pre-Chorus

Nasty little habit

Trying for a check

See the welfare coming

Trying for a check

Chorus

She cannot see the sky above her

Only sees the mud

Wicked Witch of the West

Only sees the mud

Drag that face across the gravel

Only sees the mud

She thinks she is the one

But she is only in the mud

Post-Chorus

In the mud

Yeah

In the mud

Down low

Verse 2

Stench so sour that the pit bull starts to retch

Broken vision focused on the grime

Clinging to a stroller just to survive the next stretch

Losing battles against the time

She drags that chin like it's a anchor

Torn shoes and a faded shirt

Bitter life turned into rancor

Rooting through the alley dirt

Pre-Chorus

Nasty little habit

Trying for a check

See the welfare coming

Trying for a check

Chorus

She cannot see the sky above her

Only sees the mud

Wicked Witch of the West

Only sees the mud

Drag that face across the gravel

Only sees the mud

She thinks she is the one

But she is only in the mud

Bridge

Look up once

Look up twice

Look up now

Wicked Witch looking at her toes

Counting out the days until the system goes

Jen is stuck in the low lands

Chorus

She cannot see the sky above her

Only sees the mud

Wicked Witch of the West

Only sees the mud

Drag that face across the gravel

Only sees the mud

She thinks she is the one

But she is only in the mud