Basketball

My shoes don’t fit
My head is tight
I watch the basketball
Passing by

Come on, Barrie, do it right, come on
Come on, Barrie, do it right, come on

Why am I left standing alone?
Basketball
Let my knees give under me
Feel my fist go white
Basketball

I float off from the wall
Like a flake of paint
They lose me honestly
With a thoughtful fake

Put my head up
To my hands
Come on
Put my belly
In the sand
Come on

Why am I left standing alone?
Basketball
Let my knees give under me
Feel my fist go white
Basketball

(I mark my name in concrete
Dig Barrie into the street…)

Hear the big one after me
Feel my fist go white
Basketball
Let my knees give give under me
Feel my fist go white
Basketball