Tobias Lyrics
There's this man named Tobias who staggers up and down my street
and he makes us 4 white people nervous
The peace lady across the street lies, and says its not her house
and its not her house
He stumbles across my newly seeded lawn, up my front porch and through my front door
He smells like a thousand vices, and he looks like he's got more
maybe he's got more
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And he begins to point and babble about the floor plan of my house
like a stranger eager to give you directions, because for some reason
we all get proud when we've been somewhere before
We're half annoyed and just a little intrigued, but mostly wishing that
he would just leave. So we politely urge him towards the door
We urge him towards the door
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But then he studders something about, how this used to be his house
Oh Lord, I have tried. I wanted to lay down my life,
But I am not enough, and I could not give enough to him
Oh Lord, Maybe I've lied. I thought I could give everything inside of me
But this is not enough, now I'm thinkin I just take Tobias home for me.
But my friend Mikey, he sizes him up, and thinks he can take him, well if he has to
Tobias doesn't have a gun, but I'm certain that we've all checked
And the Church girl across the street, she comes and speaks in tongues and prays over him
But he seems all to familiar with her routine.
but to her credit she did want to love him.
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So Tobias asks me for some change to catch the bus home, but you know that I know better
And I tell him, "No, but I'll take you whereever you want to go, man."
He says "whereever I wanna go would be somewhere far away from this crazy head of mine.
Can you take me there or somewhere new. You are so happy with yourself cuz you live with
the poor, but you can leave anytime you want to"
and you're feelin' guilty about how this used to be his house
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cause' when it comes to loving somebody for real, its always a little harder than
I would like it to be.