The Absence of Birds

There’s a drum beat And a verse Flooding my street And the girls they seem ecstatic This time it’s not on them To take the blame For the commotion In the front seat Of the car you left out here I’ve spent far too many hours Still can’t drive Just playing through these tapes Til it gets light outside These are things I shouldn’t do Just wish I was close to you Instead a block party with neighbours These amplified words And the absence of birds Roll down the windows Not a choice Find the endo I bet these boys will keep on dancing all night For once they’re not the ones being blamed For the commotion Like the drumbeat Like the noise Loves the concrete I hope this voice while it still lingers This song Escapes the tape To reach your distant ears where it belongs These are things I shouldn’t say These are things I shouldn’t do These are things I shouldn’t say Just wish I was close to you Instead this block party with neighbors These amplified words And the absence of birds