Jeff knocks at 1128 Waits at the stairs Me and Marcus scurry down Got his ass on the rail Bright shocks our eyes We stumble adaze We'll save all our stories For the tea and the shade I know I didn't write you But then there was no desire to I see a sea of faces I wish I had Thomas wrists on his chins Kelly green shirt Smirkin' 'cause he don't Got a nickel to pitch Steamin' plates They for reach We politely withhold Can't put out a fork Till Marcus has thanked the Lord We laugh about our friends From grade school Working for their fathers and Marcus tells me Rose is doing great And we know we sleep so long on borrowed Grants and dimes from Miles And you know that package of yours Makes me proud and bittersweet with time And we know we sleep so long on borrowed Grants and dimes from Miles And you know that package of yours Makes me proud and bittersweet with time