Numbers

from World As Bad Idea - EP by JUMBO

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Lamar lost his numbers in stars and doves
They've always been in the envelope
But he always asks me to read them for him
Just after he asks for my name again

Why's he looking at me like an alien ?
He doesn't understand these numbers don't mean anything
if I can't read em out myself
I sit here each morning, waiting for it
And he always asks me if I won
I don't know what that means
Sorry, what's your name again?

You've forgotten
One day we'll both win
It's the same thing
Over and over again
You've forgotten
One day we'll both win
It's the same thing
Over and over again

I keep telling you the same thing
I can't read you can't speak
Corner of the same street
Worlds apart

I'm trying to...
I'm trying too

I read him out his numbers and them ask him if he's won
He said we have to wait till next week for the answer to come in
I wonder how long he's had these same numbers
Check the date but it's not on there
I say "good luck there"
He looks at me unnerved
Lamar, I just.. I just

We'll always have numbers
Its the only thing we can't live without

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from World As Bad Idea - EP, released July 1, 2022

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