Pretty O.K. - Slaughter Beach, Dog

My family left the city in the year 2004

Yeah, the bishop spun my mother around

And pushed her out the door

And the blindfold was tied, a double-knot

She’s peeking out in the Goodwill parking lot

Lewis was the only friend I made for all that year

His father’d watch cartoons

And construct castles from empty cans of beer

After work for the MDSHA

The sun danced off his reflector vest all day

And everything was fine (Everything)

And everything was good (Was good)

And everything was…

Pretty okay!

Lewis let us skateboard to meet Jay so I could see

His darkened room all full of porn and ICP CDs

The Hewlett-Packard glow, the double-dare

The model in his desktop background bare

We rode home and climbed the hill to Lewis' double-wide

His father asked if he had filled that hole in the backyard

He said no and I followed to his room

His mother’s steady stream of filtered cigarette smoke loomed

We sat down on his bed;

the sunset gave way to the stars

Then Lewis taught me how to play guitar

And everything was fine (Everything)

And everything was good (Was good)

And everything was…

Pretty okay

Everything was fine

Oh, everything was good

And everything was…

Pretty okay!

Lewis failed in algebra;

he failed in English too

He had no middle name and no desire to go to college

So he’d sit and wait patiently to leave

Pretending to be listening carefully