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There's nothing like a packed pedestrian crossing,
to remind you just how big the world is.
Like that lady with her kids,
they'll never know my name.
So I walk away,
I walk away.

There's nothing quite like living alone,
to remind you that you don't matter.
I can be naked with no shame,
and I like that so I'll stay.
Yeah, I like that so I'll stay.

It's not a lifestyle, it's a mess.
Better people do much more with so much less.
When you say I'm not a burden, I know you mean well, but,
how come you never answer your phone...
when I call you? and I'm trying so hard not to make your life
any worse.
But somehow I always make it worse.

I make it worse.

There's nothing like a packed pedestrian crossing,
to remind you just how small you are.
But I'm still in the way.
I'm still in the way.

There's nothing quite like visiting home,
to remind you that you're not as successful as your older brother.
But we're not the same.
And I drive away again.
I drive away.
I drive away again.

And I'm not going back to Sydney until I know when I'll leave again.
And I hate that I do this to my Mum and my Dad and my
Family and my friends and,
when you say I'm not a burden, I know you mean well, but,
how come you never answer your phone...
when I call you? and I'm trying so hard not to make your life
any worse.
But somehow I always make it worse.

And I'll keep beating that horse and I'll pray that it's not quite dead yet.
And I'll take my pills every day so that I don't even have to feel any of it.
But I'm too big, yeah and I'm still so small and,
I don't matter no, I don't matter at all and
it's not a lifestyle, it's a mess.

and when you say I'm not a burden, I know that I am.

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from Thomas the Skank Engine, released June 2, 2019

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